shootingstar
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It may have been a fortnight later that I divined the secret of the wriiting-pad. My wretch (it leaked out) wrote letters for a paper in the West, and had filled a part of one of them with descriptions of myself. I pointed out to him that he had no right to do so without asking my permission.
"Why, this is just what I hoped!" he exclaimed. "I thought you didn't seem to catch on; only it seemed too good to be true."
" But, my good fellow, you were bound to warn me," I objected. "I know it's generally considered etiquette," he admitted; "but between friends, and when it was only with a view of serving you, I thought it wouldn't matter . . .
(R. L. Stevenson and L. Osbourne, The Wrecker, Chapter III)
What does warn mean there? It appears the normal meaning doesn't fit the context.
It may have been a fortnight later that I divined the secret of the wriiting-pad. My wretch (it leaked out) wrote letters for a paper in the West, and had filled a part of one of them with descriptions of myself. I pointed out to him that he had no right to do so without asking my permission.
"Why, this is just what I hoped!" he exclaimed. "I thought you didn't seem to catch on; only it seemed too good to be true."
" But, my good fellow, you were bound to warn me," I objected. "I know it's generally considered etiquette," he admitted; "but between friends, and when it was only with a view of serving you, I thought it wouldn't matter . . .
(R. L. Stevenson and L. Osbourne, The Wrecker, Chapter III)
What does warn mean there? It appears the normal meaning doesn't fit the context.