Do you think I said the word?
I did not. And the boy was well enough pleased at the latter end."
"In this particular case," said Meldon, "you'll have to do rather more
than keep your mouth shut. Simpkins' legs are all right, of course,
but--"
"He has the divil of a long tongue."
"Well, don't dwell on his tongue when you're talking about him to Miss
King."
"Beyond saying an odd time that he's a pleasant-spoken gentleman, I
will not."
"That's right," said Meldon. "I shall rely absolutely on you. And you
are to let me know from time to time how they get on together when he
comes up here to visit her."
"If there's any impropriety of conduct between them," said Callaghan,
"I'll speak to your reverence."
"Don't misunderstand me," said Meldon. "I don't want to interfere with
their love-making. The more of that they do, the better I'll be
pleased. Even if they run rather into extremes--"
"It's what I won't be a party to," said Callaghan; "I don't hold with
them ways, and the clergy is against them, all but yourself; and you
ought to be ashamed to be encouraging the like."
"You don't in the least understand the situation," said Meldon.
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