"I am sorry you invited him to the house, Bessie. He only traveled with you a few hours. There is no need of becoming intimate with him on that account."
"I want to become intimate with him," said Bessie, with provoking frankness. "He's very nice."
"He seemed to me rather a low, common fellow," said Maurice, irritated.
"You needn't like him, if you don't want to," said Bessie. "Let us talk about something else," and she began to make inquiries about home affairs.
We return to Tom, whom we left standing on the platform in the depot.
"Have a carriage, sir?" asked a hackman.
"Where to?"
"Anywhere you like—Burnett House."
"If you know of any nice hotel where they'll board me for the pleasure of my company, you can take me right along."
"They don't do business that way, here."