“I’ll speak to Mr. Folsom about it.”
“Thank you, sir. Perhaps you’d like to look at some of my caskets and advise Mr. Folsom——”
“I’ll leave that to him.”
“Oh, very well, sir; but if you don’t mind speaking to[{15}] him about the matter. It would be too bad to bury a clergyman in an ordinary——”
By this time Nick and Patsy were out of hearing.
“Say!” said Patsy, in a tone of disgust, “that fellow had gall.”
Nick was silent.
“The idea of asking you to pick out a casket! Huh!”
When they were about halfway to the hotel, Nick remarked:
“It wasn’t suicide.”