“Then it’s a straight case, after all.”
“I did not say so.”
“You said we’d have to pay the policy?”
“For the purpose of saving your own money and the money of the other four companies.”
“Your words sound queer and paradoxical.”
“It is only part of my scheme to capture the most consummate band of scoundrels who ever plotted to rob insurance companies.”
“Ah! then it was a plot to defraud?”
“Yes. Now, will you trust me fully in the management of the case?”
“Certainly I will.”
“Then please notify the widow that if she will call here at the company’s office at two o’clock to-morrow, and furnish the necessary proofs, a check for the amount of her policy will be given to her.”