"That idea of a common-law marriage was clever," Groll said musing. Then he added carelessly, "You squeezed that paper tight!"
"It ain't been out of my safe a moment."
"Now tell me why you didn't investigate the property?"
"I did—every bit of it, Hyman, right after the marriage." Bofinger said with a curse. "How was I to know that she'd given her name!"
"You ought to have looked it up again," Groll said, shaking his head.
"What was the use? I thought it was safe."
"You were wrong, Bo."
"Oh, of course! I know it."
"So you never suspected that she'd signed a paper?"
"Never!"