- "Halloa!" replied the stranger, moving his eyes towards the baron, but not his face or himself. "What now?"
- "What now?" replied the baron, nothing daunted by his hollow voice and lustreless eyes, "I should ask that question. How did you get here?"
- "Through the door," replied the figure. "What are you?" says the baron. "A man," replied the figure. "I don't believe it," says the baron.
- "Disbelieve it then," says the figure. "I will," rejoined the baron. The figure looked at the bold Baron of Grogzwig for some time,
- and then said familiarly, "There's no coming over you, I see. I'm not a man!" "What are you then?" asked the baron.
