“How what?” cried Bullen. “How what?” “How what?” “How what?” cried all.
“How my father was!!!” concluded his lordship, trying to look grave.
“No!” exclaimed every voice at once.
“I told you how it would be with you,” cried Bullen.
“But you are not serious?” demanded Edmund.
“But I am, faith!” answered his friend.
“And they asked you nothing else?” pursued Edmund.
“No,” said Ormond—“but, yes, they did, by the bye; they asked me to take a glass of wine, and a bit of cake.”
“And you passed?” demanded Bullen.
“I did,” replied Ormond.