`` Yes , '' said the Carrier , with his eyes attracted to her face by the great earnestness of her manner . `` I am glad you feel so certain of it , because it 's a confirmation to me . It 's curious that he should have taken it into his head to ask leave to go on lodging with us ; a n't it ? Things come about so strangely . '' `` So very strangely , '' she rejoined in a low voice , scarcely audible . `` However , he 's a good-natured old gentleman , '' said John , `` and pays as a gentleman , and I think his word is to be relied upon , like a gentleman 's . I had quite a long talk with him this morning : he can hear me better already , he says , as he gets more used to my voice . He told me a great deal about himself , and I told him a good deal about myself , and a rare lot of questions he asked me . I gave him information about my having two beats , you know , in my business ; one day to the right from our house and back again ; another day to the left from our house and back again -LRB- for he 's a stranger , and do n't know the names of places about here -RRB- ; and he seemed quite pleased . ` Why , then I shall be returning home to-night your way , ' he says , ` when I thought you 'd be coming in an exactly opposite direction . That 's capital ! I may trouble you for another lift , perhaps , but I 'll engage not to fall so sound asleep again . ' He was sound asleep , sure-ly ! -- Dot ! what are you thinking of ? '' `` Thinking of , John ? I -- I was listening to you . '' `` Oh ! That 's all right ! '' said the honest Carrier .
`` I was afraid , from the look XXXXX your face , that I had gone rambling on so long as to set you thinking about something else .
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