'I knew you immediately,' I said; 'but you are more easily remembered.'
He laughed as he ran his hand through the clustering curls of his hair, and said gaily:
'Yes, I am on an expedition of duty. My mother lives a little way out of town; and the roads being in a beastly condition, and our house tedious enough, I remained here tonight instead of going on. I have not been in town half-a-dozen hours, and those I have been dozing and grumbling away at the play.'