"I doubt not you deserve it," replied his new friend,
good-naturedly; "but pray proceed."
"Well, sir, being nearly eighteen years old, and well-grown, as you
see," continued Robin, drawing himself up to his full height, "I
thought it high time to begin the world. So my mother and sister put
me in handsome trim, and my father gave me half the remnant of his
last year's salary, and five days ago I started for this place, to pay
the major a visit. But, would you believe it, sir! I crossed the ferry
a little after dark, and have yet found nobody that would show me
the way to his dwelling- only, an hour or two since, I was told to
wait here, and Major Molineux would pass by."
"Can you describe the man who told you this?" inquired the
gentleman.
"O, he was a very ill-favored fellow, sir," replied Robin, "with
two great bumps on his forehead, a hook nose, fiery eyes- and, what
struck me as the strangest, his face was of two different colors. Do
you happen to know such a man, sir!"
"Not intimately," answered the stranger, "but I chanced to meet him
a little time previous to your stopping me. I believe you may trust
his word, and that the major will very shortly pass through this
street.
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