"He has gone up to his room, but will probably be back almost immediately."
"How shall I know him?"
"He will come up and speak to me, and then we shall probably go out to walk together."
"Are you a friend of the earl?" asked Mr. Burton, in surprise.
"I think I may call myself so. We have been together all day."
Mr. Burton regarded Scott with new respect. He had unceremoniously called him "boy," but it was before he knew that he was a friend of an earl.
"Would you kindly introduce me?" he asked, eagerly.
"I am not quite sure whether he would be willing," returned Scott, with hesitation.
"Would you mind asking him?"