"It seems to me we've got to pay our own debts, then," she said, while Jim seethed like a whirlpool.
"An' why shouldn't we? It's only fair."
Leah stared, and began to think that Jim was too good for this world.
"I hope you are not going to die," she said, anxiously.
"Not in your way," cried Kaimes, misunderstanding her, "we aren't going to have any buryin' alive or substituted corpses, an' I'm goin' to hang on as a respectable member of society."
"I'll come and hear you preach, Jim."
"I'm preachin' now," raged her husband, "an' don't you make any mistake, Leah. I've told the Duke everythin'."
"How injudicious! He might have had a fit."
"He didn't even blame me," said Jim, breaking down, "an' there were tears in his eyes."
Leah laughed amazingly long and loud, considering the tightness of her corset.