"And how did it end?"
"When he'd done talking I offered him a cigar, and while he was biting off the end I went up-stairs. I suppose he went away when he was tired of waiting."
"I'll tell you what, Dolly; I wish you'd let me ride two of yours for a couple of days,--that is, of course, if you don't want them yourself. You ain't tight now, at any rate."
"No; I ain't tight," said Dolly, with melancholy acquiescence.
"I mean that I wouldn't like to borrow your horses without your remembering all about it. Nobody knows as well as you do how awfully done up I am. I shall pull through at last, but it's an awful squeeze in the meantime. There's nobody I'd ask such a favour of except you."

I offered him a cigar, and went upstairs. I suppose he left when he was tired of waiting."
"I'll tell you what, Dolly;" said Sir Felix, "I wish you'd let me ride two of yours for a couple of days - that is, if you don't want them yourself. You know how awfully done up I am. I shall pull through, but it's an awful squeeze in the meantime."
