"I never heard of him."
"Don't you remember how she spoke of him and that Mr. Lovick didn't seem very nice about him? She told us that if he were to meet us—and she was so good as to intimate that it would be a pleasure to him to do so—he might give us, as she said, a tip."
Peter achieved the effort to recollect. "Yes he comes back to me. He's an actor."
"He's a gentleman too," said Mrs. Rooth.
"And you've met him, and he has given you a tip?"
"As I say, he wants us to go to London."
"I see, but even I can tell you that."
"Oh yes," said Mrs. Rooth; "but he says he can help us."
"Keep hold of him then, if he's in the business," Peter was all for that.
"He's a perfect gentleman," said Mrs. Rooth. "He's immensely struck with Miriam."