"Dear me, is that all?"
"Yes, madam, that is all."
"I know you will find the draft is good and will be paid."
"You know it will be paid?"
"Yes; but why did you come to me?"
"The draft purports to have been accepted by your husband."
The woman still maintained her coolness, and said:
"Then my husband will pay it on maturity."
"Oh, that would be all right, but I have received information which leads me to desire that your husband should acknowledge the acceptance as genuine."
The woman began to break up, and she demanded in eager tones: