"Just as good as saw it," he returned. "Else why should he talk about his 'twenty minutes past' and about his having no watch to tell the time by? Twenty minutes! He don't usually cut his time so fine as that. If he comes to half-hours, it's as much as HE does. Now, you see, either her ladyship gave him that watch or he took it. I think she gave it him. Now, what should she give it him for? What should she give it him for?"
He repeated this question to himself several times as we hurried on, appearing to balance between a variety of answers that arose in his mind.

"As good as saw it," he returned. "Else why should he talk about his 'twenty minutes past' and about his having no watch? Twenty minutes! He don't usually cut his time so fine as that. I think her ladyship gave it him. Now, why?"
He repeated this question to himself several times as we hurried on.
