He turned on his heel and went from me, and as my eye followed him, and I remembered the well-furnished table from which I had just risen with no very grateful heart, I felt reproached; and quickening my steps, I followed and overtook him.

“Do you say you are hungry, friend?”

“Yes, I am.”

“Do you live in town?”

“No, I came in town last night.”

“Where from?”

“From Emmettsburg.”

“Is that your home?”

“Yes, I served my time there.”

“What is your business?”