“Has she broken the law?”
“We have positive proof that she has violated it on a very large scale.”
Mr. Untermyer immediately assured him, “Why, of course, she’ll promise not to break any more laws. Is that all it is? You just quash that indictment and forget about it.”
Mr. Content left. Mr. Untermyer turned to me genially and said, “Well, you see? We’ve fixed that up.”
“What’s going to happen? The law will be the same, won’t it?”
“Why, yes.”
“What was that you said about a promise?”
“Oh, yes, write me a letter saying you won’t break the law again.”
“I couldn’t promise that, Mr. Untermyer.”
“What?”