The Toll Gate Keeper.
"Of course you don't, and as I don't, either, let's change the subject." And the Toll Gate Keeper nodded his head very gravely.
"Then can you tell me what city that is back there?" asked Billy, pointing over his shoulder.
"Yes," said the Toll Man, and then he began to hum a tune as though that closed the discussion.
"Well?" said Billy.
"Quite well, thank you—how do you feel?"
"But I didn't mean that—I was waiting for an answer to my question."
"I've answered all the questions you've asked; of course, if you haven't asked it yet you can't expect me to answer it."
"But I asked you if you could tell me what city that is back there."