"Did your husband leave no memorandum respecting my deposit?" he asked, after a pause.
"No, sir."
"That is very remarkable."
"It is more remarkable that you should come here with such a barefaced claim—a claim that would sweep away more than half of the estate my husband left."
"Then you doubt the genuineness of my claim?" he asked, calmly.
"I do."
"Then I will say good-by—for the present." John Graves rose, and, with a bow, left the room. Mrs. Lane breathed a sigh of relief.
"I think I have gotten rid of him," she said.