'True,' observed Mr. Thornton, treasuring that fact up as an additional inducement to use to his friend.
So the amiable gentlemen parted.
CHAPTER XI
THE DEAL, AND THE DISASTER
If people are inclined to deal, bargains can very soon be struck at idle watering-places, where anything in the shape of occupation is a godsend, and bargainers know where to find each other in a minute. Everybody knows where everybody is.
'Have you seen Jack Sprat?'
'Oh yes; he's just gone into Muddle's Bazaar with Miss Flouncey, looking uncommon sweet.' Or—
'Can you tell me where I shall find Mr. Slowman?'