"Has he paid you the five dollars?" asked the man, addressing his wife.
"No."
"Then you may as well hand it over," said the host.
"Certainly, if you wish it now."
"That is safest. You might take your horse and give us the slip. Then we'd be so much out."
"What do you take us for?" demanded the earl, indignantly.
"I don't know anything about you. You may be gentlemen, or——"
"This will settle the question," and the earl took out his wallet, and from a thick roll of bills picked out a five-dollar note, and handed it to the woman.
"Give it here to me, Sarah," said her husband, sharply. "I take charge of the money."