As I naturally speculated on the object of these visits, and as I always associated something ludicrous with the visitor, it fell out that in laughing about Mr. Guppy I told my guardian of his old proposal and his subsequent retraction. "After that," said my guardian, "we will certainly receive this hero." So instructions were given that Mr. Guppy should be shown in when he came again, and they were scarcely given when he did come again.

As I naturally speculated on the object of these visits, I told my guardian of Mr. Guppy's old proposal and his subsequent retraction.
"After that," said my guardian, "we will certainly receive this hero." So when Mr. Guppy came again, he was shown in.
