“Yes, sir.”
“Let me introduce myself then. My name is Sylvanus Snodgrass, and I occupy the small room across the hall.”
“I am glad to see you, Mr. Snodgrass. Won’t you sit down? You will excuse my sitting on the bed as I have but one chair.”
“It is the same in my room. May I ask your name?”
“Ben Bruce.”
“Excuse me, but are you literary?”
“Not at all,” answered Ben, rather surprised.
“You have a good name for an author, both names beginning with the same letter.”
“Are you literary, Mr. Snodgrass?”
“Yes,” answered the young man complacently. “Do you ever read the Weekly Bugle, a literary paper?”