"Is it the London coach?"
"Ah!" said he.
"Does it stop here?"
"Ah!" said he.
"Do you ever say anything much beside 'ah'?" I inquired.
He stopped chewing the straw, and with his eyes on the distance, seemed to turn this question over in his mind; having done which, he began to chew again.
"Ah!" said he.
"Why, then you can, perhaps, tell me how many miles it is—"
"Five," said he.
"I was about to ask how far it was to—"