“Deep way, I called it,” said Fledgeby.

“⁠—His own deep way, in anything?”

“I’ll tell you,” said Fledgeby. “I like to hear you ask it, because it’s looking alive. It’s what I should expect to find in one of your sagacious understanding. Now, candidly.”

“Eh?” cried Miss Jenny.

“I said, now candidly,” Mr. Fledgeby explained, a little put out.

“Oh-h!”