“No, I didn't know it.”
“What did you suppose I was doing all that time while you were watching?”
Samuel said nothing for a minute. “Why did you pick out Dr. Vince?” he asked suddenly.
“Him? Why not? I knew his house.”
“But a clergyman! Does it seem quite fair?”
“Oh, that's all right,” laughed the other. “He's got a-plenty. It don't have to come out of his salary, you know.”
“Why not?”
“Because, he's got a rich wife. You didn't suppose he lived in that palace of a house on his own salary, did you?”
“I hadn't thought anything about it.”
“Well, he's all right—he married one of the richest girls in town. And she'll keep his nest feathered.”