“Because I want to see her.”
“What do you want to see her for?”
“I take an interest in boats,” I answered, not caring to be very communicative with the scion of the Wimpletons.
It immediately occurred to me that Waddie’s business at Ruoara was the same as my own, and my heart sank within me, for I could not hope to bid against one who had so much money at his command. But I could not think, for the life of me, why Waddie should want the boat, for he had one of about the same size, which was his own private property. Probably he had taken a fancy to her, as I had.
“Are you going to buy her, Wolf?” asked he, with more interest than he was accustomed to manifest in anything.
“That will depend upon circumstances.”
“Who told you that I was going to buy this boat?” demanded he sharply.
“No one.”
“You came up to bid against me!”
“I didn’t know you were coming till I saw you here.”