''Thank you a thousand times,' I said, 'but I feel perfectly well this morning.'
''That is no matter—'
''No matter! what is no matter?'
''Why, no matter how well you fancy you feel; this is a sovereign remedy, so just drink it off to please me.'
''For mercy's sake, Señora, put down your medicine, sit down in the rocking-chair and draw near to the bedside, for I have several questions to ask.
''How long has my present neighbor lodged with you, Señora,' said I, when she had duly ensconced herself. She gazed inquiringly at me, but when I pointed to the door behind her, she replied, with apparent nonchalance:
''Somewhere about three months.'
''And who is he?'
''That is a question I can not answer?'
''Why not?'