stand one another from the beginning. When I want your company, I'll let you know.'
'O!' cries Frank, 'you don't want my company, don't you?'
'Apparently not just now,' replied Archie. 'I even indicated to you when I did, if you'll remember—and that was at dinner. If we two fellows are to live together pleasantly—and I see no reason why we should not—it can only be by respecting each other's privacy. If we begin intruding———'
'O, come! I'll take this at no man's hands. Is this the way you treat a guest and an old friend?' cried Innes.
'Just go home and think over what I said by yourself,' continued Archie, 'whether it's reasonable, or whether it's really offensive or not; and let's meet at dinner as though nothing had happened, I'll put it this way, if you like—that I know my own character, that I'm looking forward (with
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