“Did he know you before he engaged you to enter his service?”
“Only a day or two.”
“All this is very extraordinary. Were you born in England or in Bombay?”
“In neither, sir. I am an American.”
“I cannot understand how Mr. Saunders should have engaged you on such short acquaintance, as you are so young.”
“I don’t like to mention it, sir, but I had the good fortune to save his life, and——”
“How?”
Guy related the particulars of the night attack on Mr. Saunders.
“I understand,” said the Englishman, his face clearing up. “You certainly placed my friend under great obligation; but how came he to have so much confidence in your business ability?”
“He knew nothing of my business ability at first, but after employing me a few weeks he seemed to be satisfied with me.”