"I'm happy to know it, madam, very!"
"And my name is Betty and yours is John and we are neighbours. So I shall call you Major John and sometimes Major Jack—when you please me."
"How did you learn my name?" he asked gently; but now he did look at her.
"Major John," she answered lightly, "you possess a nephew."
"Aye, to be sure!" said he and looked at the tobacco-box again, then put it by, rather suddenly, and rose, "which reminds me that the company wait you, mam——"
"Do—not——"
"Madam!"
"Nor that!"
"My lady Betty," he amended, after a momentary pause. "The company—
"Pish to the company!"