Digby then proceeded to act as if he meant it.  Jubal was forced to admit that the glib fraud was a charming host, and his coffee and liquor and food were all excellent.  Jubal noticed that Mike seemed decidedly jumpy, especially when Digby deftly cut him out of the herd and spoke with him alone - but, confound it, the boy was simply going to have to get used to meeting people and talking to them on his own, without Jubal or Jill or somebody to feed him his lines.