“Are you not a little too severe, Andy?” asked the spinster.
“Not a bit. He is trying to make mother pay a note over twice.”
“I can hardly believe such a thing.”
“Then I will tell you all about it,” said Andy, and he gave an account of the matter.
“And do you think you will have to pay it?” asked Miss Peabody, in a tone of sympathy.
Mrs. Gordon was about to explain why they would be spared the necessity, but a warning look from Andy prevented her.
Miss Peabody, with all her virtues, was fond of talking, and Andy’s plan of confounding his adversary would be spoiled.
“No, I don’t think we shall have to pay it,” Andy hastened to say. “We have a plan, but we don’t like to speak of it just yet, for fear Mr. Starr will hear of it.”
“If he really insists on his demand,” said Miss Sally, “perhaps sister Susan and I can help you. How large is the note?”
“With interest it would amount to over a hundred dollars—perhaps thirty dollars more.”