“Oh! Come now, Mary, you must n't get mad about that. It was all a joke. I was comin' right up after court adjourned to tell you about it—and—. It was the funniest thing! You 'd 'a' died laughing if you 'd been here and seen——”
“I heard they was all laughin' about it. I ain't so easy to amuse.”
“Oh! Yes, you would, too,” began Thompson, cajolingly. “If you 'd seen——”
“What time does Court adjourn!” she asked, quietly and irrelevantly,
“Oh, not for two or three—not for several days yet—Probably 't will hold over till well into next week. But if you 'd seen——”
“I mean what time does it let out to-day?”
Thompson's face fell again.
“Why—ah—about—ah—Why! What do you want to know for!”
“I want to see the Judge.” Her voice was dead level.
“What about!”