"He seemed to take a fancy to me."
"Are you with him a good deal?"
"Yes."
"How can you afford to stay at this expensive hotel?" asked Ezra Little.
"I am traveling on business."
"For what house?"
"Please excuse my mentioning just yet."
"How long are you going to stay here?"
"I expected to leave this morning, but I have a letter from my employers with instructions that will detain me here a day or two longer. But how do you and Loammi happen to be here?"
"I have business in Buffalo."