"No. Everything's going splendidly. You needn't worry. My bankers will guarantee me all right."
"Then why haven't you paid up?"
"Well, you see, those threatening letters of yours were so well done that I've been copying them and sending them round to a few customers of my own who won't pay up, and I've collected nearly all outstanding debts. I was only holding back because I felt sure there must be a final letter, and I wanted to get the series complete."
Probably Meant Florida
"So the doctor told you to go to a warmer climate. What was the nature of the trouble you consulted him about?"
"I went there to collect a bill."
"Why don't you pay your bills?" angrily demanded the collector, after his tenth fruitless call.
"What?" exclaimed Mr. Dedbete. "Do you imagine I could be so hard-hearted as to deprive you poor fellows of your employment?"