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One
afternoon
,
when
his
day
's
work
was
over
,
Fettes
dropped
into
a
popular
tavern
and
found
Macfarlane
sitting
with
a
stranger
.
This
was
a
small
man
,
very
pale
and
dark
,
with
coal-black
eyes
.
The
cut
of
his
features
gave
a
promise
of
intellect
and
refinement
which
was
but
feebly
realised
in
his
manners
,
for
he
proved
,
upon
a
nearer
acquaintance
,
coarse
,
vulgar
,
and
stupid
.
He
exercised
,
however
,
a
very
remarkable
control
over
Macfarlane
;
issued
orders
like
the
Great
Bashaw
;
became
inflamed
at
the
least
discussion
or
delay
,
and
commented
rudely
on
the
servility
with
which
he
was
obeyed
.
This
most
offensive
person
took
a
fancy
to
Fettes
on
the
spot
,
plied
him
with
drinks
,
and
honoured
him
with
unusual
confidences
on
his
past
career
.
If
a
tenth
part
of
what
he
confessed
were
true
,
he
was
a
very
loathsome
rogue
;
and
the
lad
's
vanity
was
tickled
by
the
attention
of
so
experienced
a
man
.
'
I
'm
a
pretty
bad
fellow
myself
,
'
the
stranger
remarked
,
'
but
Macfarlane
is
the
boy
--
Toddy
Macfarlane
I
call
him
.
Toddy
,
order
your
friend
another
glass
.
'
Or
it
might
be
,
'
Toddy
,
you
jump
up
and
shut
the
door
.
'
'
Toddy
hates
me
,
'
he
said
again
.
'
Oh
yes
,
Toddy
,
you
do
!
'
'
Do
n't
you
call
me
that
confounded
name
,
'
growled
Macfarlane
.
'
Hear
him
!
Did
you
ever
see
the
lads
play
knife
?
He
would
like
to
do
that
all
over
my
body
,
'
remarked
the
stranger
.
'
We
medicals
have
a
better
way
than
that
,
'
said
Fettes
.
'
When
we
dislike
a
dead
friend
of
ours
,
we
dissect
him
.
'
Macfarlane
looked
up
sharply
,
as
though
this
jest
were
scarcely
to
his
mind
.
The
afternoon
passed
.
Gray
,
for
that
was
the
stranger
's
name
,
invited
Fettes
to
join
them
at
dinner
,
ordered
a
feast
so
sumptuous
that
the
tavern
was
thrown
into
commotion
,
and
when
all
was
done
commanded
Macfarlane
to
settle
the
bill
.
It
was
late
before
they
separated
;
the
man
Gray
was
incapably
drunk
.
Macfarlane
,
sobered
by
his
fury
,
chewed
the
cud
of
the
money
he
had
been
forced
to
squander
and
the
slights
he
had
been
obliged
to
swallow
.
Fettes
,
with
various
liquors
singing
in
his
head
,
returned
home
with
devious
footsteps
and
a
mind
entirely
in
abeyance
.
Next
day
Macfarlane
was
absent
from
the
class
,
and
Fettes
smiled
to
himself
as
he
imagined
him
still
squiring
the
intolerable
Gray
from
tavern
to
tavern
.
As
soon
as
the
hour
of
liberty
had
struck
he
posted
from
place
to
place
in
quest
of
his
last
night
's
companions
.
He
could
find
them
,
however
,
nowhere
;
so
returned
early
to
his
rooms
,
went
early
to
bed
,
and
slept
the
sleep
of
the
just
.
At
four
in
the
morning
he
was
awakened
by
the
well-known
signal
.
Descending
to
the
door
,
he
was
filled
with
astonishment
to
find
Macfarlane
with
his
gig
,
and
in
the
gig
one
of
those
long
and
ghastly
packages
with
which
he
was
so
well
acquainted
.
'
What
?
'
he
cried
.
'
Have
you
been
out
alone
?
How
did
you
manage
?
'
