Mrs. B. No, he said he should be too busy, and would dine down-town.
Mrs. S. He didn’t state the nature of his business, did he?
Mrs. B. No, but I supposed he was detained at the store. Do you know anything of it?
Mrs. S. Yes; he’s been tending an apple-stand all day to-day.
Mrs. B. (surprised). It cannot be. You are surely mistaken.
Mrs. S. Not at all. It has been the town talk.
Mrs. B. (meditatively). It is very strange.
Mrs. S. Insanity is not hereditary in your husband’s family, is it?
Mrs. B. Oh, no; and yet—let me see. Yes, I am sure he told me that his grandfather died insane. But Frank never could be in such a state. He has too strong a mind for that.
Mrs. S. Still, you can’t help thinking it is a little singular.