“I do,” she answered, promptly.
“How did you come by them?”
“They were a wedding present from my husband.”
“May I ask your name?”
The lady hesitated a moment, then answered:
“Mrs. Simpson.”
“Where do you live?”
There was another slight hesitation. Then came the answer:
“No.—Madison Avenue.”
Now Madison Avenue is a fashionable street, and the name produced an impression on the first clerk.