“I guess you’ll like it,” said Tom.
“Do you live anywhere near West Twenty-Fifth Street?”
“Not now,” said Tom. “I did live in West Sixteenth Street, but I don’t now.”
“Are you travelling alone?”
“Yes,” said Tom.
“I suppose you live with your father and mother?”
“I haven’t got any,” answered Tom, laconically.
“I suppose you are well acquainted with the city?”
“Yes,” said Tom. “I know it like a book.”
The fact was, that Tom knew it a great deal better than a book, for her book-knowledge, as we very well know, was by no means extensive.