? ? ? ? 'Indeed!' said Mr. Waterbrook, surprised. 'You are too young to have been at school with Mr. Henry Spiker?'
? ? ? ? 'Oh, I don't mean him!' I returned. 'I mean the gentleman named Traddles.'
? ? ? ? 'Oh! Aye, aye! Indeed!' said my host, with much diminished interest. 'Possibly.'
? ? ? ? 'If it's really the same person,' said I, glancing towards him, 'it was at a place called Salem House where we were together, and he was an excellent fellow.'
? ? ? ? 'Oh yes. Traddles is a good fellow,' returned my host nodding his head with an air of toleration. 'Traddles is quite a good fellow.'
? ? ? ? 'It's a curious coincidence,' said I.
? ? ? ? 'It is really,' returned my host, 'quite a coincidence, that Traddles should be here at all: as Traddles was only invited this morning, when the place at table, intended to be occupied by Mrs. Henry Spiker's brother, became vacant, in consequence of his indisposition. A very gentlemanly man, Mrs. Henry Spiker's brother, Mr. Copperfield.'
? ? ? ? I murmured an assent, which was full of feeling, considering that I knew nothing at all about him; and I inquired what Mr. Traddles was by profession.
? ? ? ? 'Traddles,' returned Mr. Waterbrook, 'is a young man reading for the bar.
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