"You missed something worth hearing when you left the Doctor the other night," he said. "We continued the sitting; and _you_turned up again among the persons of the drama, in a new character--""Excuse me for interrupting you," said Captain Bervie. "I am a member of the committee, charged with the arrangements of the ball, and I must really attend to my duties."He withdrew without waiting for a reply. Percy looked round wonderingly at Major Mulvany. "Strange!" he said, "I feel rather attracted toward Captain Bervie; and he seems to have taken such a dislike to me that he can hardly behave with common civility.
What does it mean?"