In old days Stamford had never been a particular crony of mine, but now I hailed him with enthusiasm, and he, in his turn, appeared to be delighted to see me.
Young Stamford looked rather strangely at me over his wine-glass.
As we made our way to the hospital after leaving the Holborn, Stamford gave me a few more particulars about the gentleman whom I proposed to take as a fellow-lodger.
It seems to me, Stamford," I added, looking hard at my companion, "that you have some reason for washing your hands of the matter.
You seem to be a walking calendar of crime," said Stamford with a laugh.
We came here on business," said Stamford, sitting down on a high three-legged stool, and pushing another one in my direction with his foot.
By the way," I asked suddenly, stopping and turning upon Stamford, "how the deuce did he know that I had come from Afghanistan?
You must study him, then," Stamford said, as he bade me good-bye.
Mattie Silver came from
Stamford, and when she entered the Fromes' household to act as her cousin Zeena's aid it was thought best, as she came without pay, not to let her feel too sharp a contrast between the life she had left and the isolation of a Starkfield farm.
