transient
interview
at an inn
was
impossible;
and
finding
that I was
not
pressed
for time
and was
merely
making a
tour of
observation,
he
insisted
that I
should
give him a
day or two
at his
father’s
country
seat, to
which he
was going
to pass
the
holidays
and which
lay at a
few miles
distance.
“It is
better
than
eating a
solitary
Christmas
dinner at
an inn,”
said he,
“and I can
assure you
of a
hearty
welcome in
something
