"Without thanks."
"You mean to turn down two thousand dollars!" demanded the other in slow incredulity.
"Exactly."
"Why?"
"Is that question asked in good faith?"
"It is."
"Then you haven't seen the letter written by the superintendent of our Sunday School to the Certina Company."
"What kind of a letter?"
"A testimonial letter—for which your two thousand dollars is payment, I suppose."
"Two thousand for a church testimonial!" Dr. Surtaine chuckled at his caller's innocence. "Why, I wouldn't pay that for a United States Senator. Besides," he added virtuously, "Certina doesn't buy its testimonials."