? ? ? ? "When will you come?" asked Mrs. McCarty.
? ? ? ? "Right off," said Mike.
? ? ? ? "I'll need a little time to put it in order."
? ? ? ? "Me and my partner will be at our business till six o'clock," returned Mike.
? ? ? ? "You can send in your trunks during the day if you like."
? ? ? ? "My trunk is at the Windsor Hotel," said Mike. "I've lent it to a friend for a few days."
? ? ? ? Mrs. McCarty looked at Mike with a puzzled expression. She was one of those women who are slow to comprehend a joke, and she could not quite make it seem natural that her new lodger, who was in rather neglige costume, should be a guest at a fashionable hotel.
? ? ? ? "I will leave my valise," said Rodney, "and will send for my trunk. It is in the country."
? ? ? ? Mike looked at him, not feeling quite certain whether he was in earnest, but Rodney was perfectly serious.
? ? ? ? "You're better off than me," said Mike, when they reached the street. "If I had a trunk I wouldn't have anything to put into it."
? ? ? ? "I'll see if I can't rig you out, Mike.
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