", Iknow;andI'massorryasyouarethisshouldhavecomehere," tappingthebodywithhiscane."Thenextbestthingformeisnottorecogniseit" andheaddedcoolly, "Idon', 'tdictate, butIthinkamanoftheworldwoulddoasIdo;andImayadd, , , becausehedidn'twantoldwives."
, andnooneremarkedorappearedtorecogniseher.
Oneafternoon, whenhisday'sworkwasover, , verypaleanddark, , forheproved, uponaneareracquaintance, coarse, vulgar, , however, averyremarkablecontroloverMacfarlane;issuedordersliketheGreatBashaw;becameinflamedattheleastdiscussionordelay, , pliedhimwithdrinks, , hewasaveryloathsomerogue;andthelad'svanitywastickledbytheattentionofsoexperiencedaman.
"I'maprettybadfellowmyself," thestrangerremarked, "butMacfarlaneistheboy—, orderyourfriendanotherglass." Oritmightbe, "Toddy, youjumpupandshutthedoor."
"Toddyhatesme," hesaidagain."Ohyes, Toddy, youdo!"
"Don'tyoucallmethatconfoundedname," growledMacfarlane.
"Hearhim!Didyoueverseetheladsplayknife?Hewouldliketodothatallovermybody," remarkedthestranger.
"Wemedicalshaveabetterwaythanthat," saidFettes."Whenwedislikeadeadfriendofours, wedissecthim."
Macfarlanelookedupsharply, asthoughthisjestwerescarcelytohismind.
, forthatwasthestranger'sname, invitedFettestojointhematdinner, orderedafeastsosumptuousthatthetavernwasthrownintocommotion, ;, soberedbyhisfury, , withvariousliquorssinginginhishead, , ', however, nowhere;soreturnedearlytohisrooms, wentearlytobed, andsleptthesleepofthejust.
