The Given Case

You’re already there – I say, come! the young man had it on his tongue’s end to reply. But he stopped himself in time, and felt extraordinarily delicate and discreet. I don’t say it’s the easiest one in the world; but here I stand, after all – and I’m not supposed to be such an ass – ready to give her every conceivable assistance. His friend, at this, replied nothing; but he presently spoke again. What has she invented, at Pickenham, to-day.