“Tolerably so.”
“Have you been out to-day?”
“Yes.”
“What was the result?”
“I could not learn anything.”
“Which means that we are practically balked.”
“I suppose so. Until it can be conclusively shown that the old man is dead, we have mighty small show of handling a copper of his money.”
The woman said in a bitter tone:
“I don’t know as I am sorry.”
“Why not?”