Part 20 (1/2)
”I have, yes. Is that your real name?”
”My friend, you have called on me.”
”Yes, I am here.”
”I did not invite you to come here, you came uninvited.”
”I did.”
”Who are you?”
”I may tell you or I may not.”
”Are you well acquainted with Jersey law, sir?”
”Pretty well.”
”That's lucky, for when I tell you that you must get out of this room you will understand that in the law I have a right to make the request.”
”Yes, you have a right to make the request.”
”And enforce it, my friend.”
”Ah! that's different.”
”Then you dare intimate that you won't leave this room?”
The pretended countryman quietly drew a pistol, c.o.c.ked it with equal deliberation, and said:
”Yes, sir, I dare intimate that I won't leave this room until I get ready.”
”You are an intruder.”
”Am I?”
”Yes.”
”What are you?”
”A gentleman.”
”Oh, you are?”
”Yes, I am.”
”Do you see this?”
”I do; and do you see this?”
Both men displayed pistols, and the visitor's tone fell off a little.