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Mr. Cramp, whom we introduced at the conclusion of the last chapter, as Miss Bond's man of business, was a plain little man, skilled in the turnings and windings of the law, beside which he could not be said to know distinctly any other code of morals.
On this particular morning, after a few common-place observations, Mr. Cramp made a somewhat strange inquiry. "Had Miss Bond heard that Mr. Alfred Bond had come over to England?" No; she had not heard it. It was, Mr. Cramp _insinuated_ (for he never _said_ anything directly) -- it was rather an awkward circumstance Mr. Alfred Bond's coming to England. He thought -- he believed -- he _hoped_ it would make no difference to Miss Bond.