There was fairly a triple gasp; relief took time to operate. "Then why did
he come?"
"In the fulness of his kind heart and of _Their_ discussed and decreed
satisfaction. To express Their sense----!"
Mr. Hayes broke into a laugh, but his wife wanted to know. "Of the grand
work you're doing?"
"Of the way I polish it off. They're most handsome about it. The receipts,
it appears, speak----"
He was nursing his effect; Isabel intently watched him and the others hung
on his lips. "Yes, speak----?"
"Well, volumes. They tell the truth."