“How is that? Where do you board?”
“With him.”
“Oh!” said Leonard, his countenance changing. “So you are a favorite with the boss, are you?”
“I don’t know. He gave me warning that he should be just as strict with me as if we were strangers.”
“How long have you known him?”
Carl smiled.
“I met him for the first time yesterday,” he answered.
“That’s very queer.”
“Well, perhaps it is a little singular.”
“Are you a poor boy?”