"Oh, you've seen him?"
I think it gave him all kinds of satisfaction to answer me as he did.
"I've got him. He's mine now—ours, shall we say?"
"Oh, did Dr. Manning give him to you?"
He laughed.
"Not much. He sold him to me."
"He had no right to do that. Verley was my dog."
"But you owed Dr. Manning for your fare from Boston."
"That's true. Did he tell you that?"