"I swear!" answered the woman, frantically.
"Tell me first why you are here serving Tom Howard's wife?"
"I am not serving his wife."
"Who then?"
"His sister."
"His sister!" exclaimed the man, now evincing strong emotion. "And does she live?"
"She lives; and lives to palm herself off on the world as the wife of her own brother."
"What iniquity!" said the man. The woman burst into a low laugh.
"Why do you laugh?" demanded he, fiercely.
"Because iniquity comes so prettily from your lips," replied she in a sarcastic tone.