I nodded, and then crumbled to the floor.

It was then that they sent for you, Mag.

Why didn't I tell it straight at the first, you dear old Mag? Because I

didn't know the straight of it, then, myself. I was so heavy-witted I

never once thought of Edward. He must have taken the bills out of the

purse and then crammed them in his pocket while he was waiting there on

the lounge and I was pretending to telephone and--

But it's best as it is--oh, so best! Think, Mag! Two people who knew

her--who knew her, mind--believed in Nancy Olden, in spite of

appearances: Obermuller, while we were in the thick of it, and; you,

you dear girl, while I was telling you of it.

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