"If you meet a westerner, call him 'my good man.'
"When you dine with him, criticise the food, ask how much there's to pay, and look on while he washes up.
"Always make him keep his distance, and, if he won't take the hint, talk about your big relations—your friend, the Duchess of Balham, and so forth.
"When you light your cigar, don't offer him one first.
"Afterwards, when you meet, give him your finger-tips to shake, or don't even notice him.
"Always"—
"Stop," cried the Tenderfoot, hot with rage and shame. "Do you think I'm such an awful cad as that?"
"You were yesterday, my buck, when you left camp.
"For instance, just now you set off to walk this way with me because you were too uneasy to say good-bye. You thought you ought to offer me a tip, but you didn't dare."
"Suppose I had?" asked the other sulkily.