Roland frowned.
"Is it any better than the suit you made me a short time since?"
"It is a little dearer."
"Why didn't you show me this, then? I wanted the best."
"Because it has come in since."
"Look here, Crimp," said Roland, "you'd better wait till you hear from my father before you begin on this suit."
"Why should I?"
"I don't believe he will allow Oliver to have such a high-priced suit."
Mr. Crimp had had orders from Mr. Kenyon that very afternoon to follow Oliver's directions implicitly, but he did not choose to say this to Roland. The truth was, he was provoked at the liberty the ill-bred boy took inaddressing him without a title, and he didn't see fit to enlighten him on this point.
"You must excuse me," he said. "Oliver has ordered the suit, and I shall not take such a liberty with him as to question his order."