“Oh, I don’t put it as an accusation, I am merely stating the fact. You admit the fact, of course?”

“Yes. The fact is admitted, and marked Exhibit A, and placed in evidence. Now, what next?”

“In the same establishment there was a young woman who sold ribbons to all comers?”

“Yes, I admit that also, and the young lady’s name was Miss Katherine Earle.”

“Oh, you knew it, then?”

“Why, certainly I did.”

“You knew it before you proposed to me.”

“Oh, I seem to have known that fact for years and years.”

“She told it to you.”

“She? What she?”