"Ah!"
"Yes, sir; this very moment you showed it."
"Yes—I believe I did."
"Odious old thing!"
"Who?"
"Why, Miss Sallianna, sir—I don't care if you are paying your addresses! I say she's an odious old thing!—to be giving herself airs, and setting her cap at all our beaux!"
Verty stared, and then laughed.
"Miss Sallianna!" he cried.
"Yes, sir!"
"I'm in love with her!"