"And when I come, I'll be myself."
"Be yourself? Who are you now?"
"Another man."
"Oh, then I shall be glad to see you."
"I don't know as to that. You may have strong objections to my real self."
"You are so mysterious."
"To-day, yes; to-morrow, no."
He was leaning back, blowing rings of smoke, and was looking up at them.
"Perhaps I shouldn't say it," she said, "but during the last three months you have appeared stranger than ever."
"Yes," he drawlingly replied, "for during the last three months it was natural that I should be stranger than ever."