"Have you found one?"
"I've about decided on an apartment. And I expect to move into it early next month."
"Top floor, of course?"
"No; first floor, not six feet above the street level."
"Good. If they'll lend me a hand here, to get down and out, I'll come and see you, now and then."
"Do so."
"That will give me a chance to wear this muffler, after all."
"So it will."
"Well, be a little more cordial. You expect to see your friends, don't you?"
"Of course. That's what it's for. Have I got to exert myself," he added, "to be cordial with you?"