"Certainly not."
"Well, all I can say is, you have changed your name within two days."
"Come out into the street, and I will talk to you," said Abner, not wishing the conversation to be heard.
Sam followed him upstairs, and they went into School Street together.
"What did you say my name was?" asked Abner, with an air of amusement.
"Abner Blodgett."
"Ha, ha! that's a capital joke—the best I've heard lately."
"You told me you were from the country," Sam continued.
"Really, I should think you must be from the country yourself, to make such a mistake."
"I am from the city of New York, if you call that the country," said Sam, in rather an important tone.