“Oh, I guess I’d better not tell,” replied Noah, in a tantalizing tone.
“Just as you please,” said Guy, coolly.
Noah was disappointed, for he wanted Guy to ask him a question which he was very ready to answer. Guy’s indifference piqued him.
“You’ll know soon enough,” added Crane.
“In that case I will be content to wait.”
“I don’t know that I have any objection to tell, though. I mean your father.”
“Take care how you talk about my father,” said Guy, angrily. “I won’t stand it.”
“Oh, is your father so high and mighty that he can’t be spoken about?”
“He can be spoken about—respectfully.”
“I suppose you think he’s a great man because he’s a minister.”