"I supposed you were too busy to have much time for pleasure," he said quietly.
"It is possible to be busy in more ways than one," said
Elizabeth, after a minute of not knowing how to take him up.
"That is just what I was thinking."
"What are you busy about, Mr. Landholm, in this place of business?"
"I am only learning my trade," he answered.
"A trade! — May I ask what?" she said, with another surprised and inquisitive look.
"A sort of cobbling trade, Miss Elizabeth — the trade of the law."
"What does the law cobble?"
"People's name and estate."
"Cobble?" said Elizabeth. "What is the meaning of 'cobble?'"