"And what two reasons, Mr. George? In the name of the--"
"Of our friend in the city?" suggests Mr. George, composedly drinking.
"Aye, if you like. What two reasons?"
"In the first place," returns Mr. George, but still looking at Judy as if she being so old and so like her grandfather it is indifferent which of the two he addresses, "you gentlemen took me in. You advertised that Mr. Hawdon (Captain Hawdon, if you hold to the saying 'Once a captain, always a captain') was to hear of something to his advantage."
"Well?" returns the old man shrilly and sharply.

In the first place," returns Mr. George, "you took me in. You advertised that Captain Hawdon was to hear of something to his advantage."
"Well?" returns the old man sharply.
