“Where do ye come frae, laddie?”
“I come from Campbeltown, Mrs. Clunie.”
“What?––Campbeltown on the Mull o’ Kintyre,––then you must ha’e left there before you were shortened,” she returned quickly.
“Campbeltown, Ontario!” corrected Phil.
“Oh,––ahee!––You’re sober, respectable, law-abiding, and attentive to your work?”
“I hope so.”
“As upright as Mr. Langford?”
“Oh, yes!” laughed Phil, remembering Langford’s autobiography as he had heard it a short time ago.
“I hope so,” she returned pointedly, repeating Phil’s own words.