? ? ? ? "I am staying with an aunt on Fifth Avenue, but I think of taking board at the Windsor Hotel. It is a very high toned house, and quite a number of my friends board there."
? ? ? ? "Is it an expensive hotel?"
? ? ? ? "Oh, yes, but my income is large and----"
? ? ? ? "I understand. Now, Mr. Wheeler, I must excuse myself, as I feel tired. Come at half past seven and we can start for the theater together."
? ? ? ? "Very well."
? ? ? ? Wheeler rose reluctantly, for he had intended to secure a dinner from his new acquaintance, but he was wise enough to take the hint.
? ? ? ? After he left the room Rodney again joined Mr. Pettigrew.
? ? ? ? "He didn't give me back any change," said the Western man. "He said he bought the tickets of a speculator at two dollars and a half each."
? ? ? ? "Then he made two dollars out of you."
? ? ? ? "I suppose that is the beginning. Well, that doesn't worry me. But I should like to know how he expects to get more money out of me. I don't understand the ways of this gentry."
? ? ? ? "Nor I very well.
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