"What's her name—this Negress? Is she a single woman or married?"
"Why, she was single when she took it, of course. But she's got married since. I think the guy she married put up the money, and that's where we have them again."
"And the name?" inquired Duval again.
"Oh, yes, Baptiste. That's it. Jean Baptiste is her husband's name."
"Oh, hell!" cried Duval, and spat upon the floor.
"Why—what's the matter?" cried Crook and Spaight in chorus.
"I was struck with the joke."
"The joke?"
"Yes. The bluffing."
"But we don't understand?"