"Meaning that since she had gone and taken the land, you were morally bound to look into and consider the matter favorably?"
"Yes, I think that explains it."
"Now, Reverend. Is it not a fact that a considerable write-up appeared in the Chicago Defender shortly after this visit, detailing considerable, and with much illustration regarding the trip; that, in short, your daughter had come into considerable land and was regarded as having been very fortunate?"
"I think so, my dear Bishop."
"Very well, Reverend. Now—a—who solicited that write-up? Did the editor not have a conversation with you before the article appeared?"
"I believe he did, yes, sir. I think he did."
"Well, now, Reverend, if I remember correctly, this young man visited the city the Christmas following, and I was introduced to him by you in this same room?"
"I think so. Yes, Bishop, I remember having introduced him to you myself."
"And do I quote correctly when I say that you called me up the following spring to perform the ceremony that made your daughter and this Jean Baptiste man and wife?"
"I think you quote correctly, my dear Bishop."