"Go down to the city and see what Darneil's cellars are like before I store my wine in them. It won't take long. Er!—I say, Cack—Newhaven?"
"Well?"
"Ought I to—how about my calling on Miss—? I never caught her name."
"Miss West, the heiress?"
"Yes. Little attention on my part."
"Did she ask you to call?"
"No, but I think it was an oversight. I expect she would like it."
"Well, then, go and be—snubbed."
"I don't want snubbing. A little thing like me wants encouragement."
"A good many other people are on the lookout for encouragement in that quarter."