"Good heavens! h-how can it be f-fixed—"
"I'll tell you when you tell me. It's a money difficulty, I suppose; isn't it?"
"Yes."
"Cards?"
"P-partly."
"Oh, a note? Case of honour? Where is this I.O.U. that you gave?"
"It's worse than that. The—the note is paid. Good God—I can't tell you—"
"You must. That's why I'm here, Gerald."
"Well, then, I—I drew a check—knowing that I had no funds. If it—if they return it, marked—"
"I see. . . . What are the figures?"