"How is that?"
"I went with a gentleman who lives at the Gilsey House."
"What made him take you? Is he a friend of yours?"
"Yes, he is a friend of mine, though I haven't known him long."
"Is he rich?"
"He seems to be."
"You might introduce me."
"I may have an opportunity to do so some time."
Scott felt obliged to say this, though he was convinced that Justin Wood would not care to make his cousin's acquaintance.