"Well, you must know," began Lawson, "that I have a first rate love affair on my hands."
"You!"
"Now don't smile; but hear me."
"Go on—I'm all attention."
"You know old Everett?"
"Thomas Everett, the silk importer?"
"The same."
"I know something about him."
"You know, I presume, that he has a pretty fair looking daughter?"
"And I know," replied Williams, "that when 'pretty fair looking' is said, pretty much all is said in her favor."