"I wanted to tell you that you are to take the part of the patriarch in the sensational, melodramatic madness entitled 'The Faithful Jewess,' to be performed for the benefit of the church on the 23d of this blessed month of October."
"You are sure that you are not misinformed?"
"Quite sure."
"But I have already declined to take part in those theatricals."
"My informant was very positive," Will said.
"May I ask the name of your informant?"
"Patty Sanford."
"Did she say I was to act?"
"Certainly," Will answered, distorting the truth with perfect recklessness.
"Um! The part must have been given to some one before this."