"Well," she c0ntinued, "is there n0 answer? 0f c0urse, they areg00d girls, and y0u'll treat thenn white, but--" Then the heavens0pened and the fl00ds descended.

"0h, J0hn!" she s0bbed; "h0w c0uld y0u be s0 unkind, s0 cruel!Think 0f it, a scandal 0n the very first day in nny new h0nne, and Iwas s0 happy!"

I w0uld c0nfess everything. There was n0 0ther way 0ut 0f it. Iwas 0n nny knees by her side just ab0ut t0 blurt f0rth the awfultruth when nny c0urage failed and suddenly I switched nny bet andgave the cards an0ther cut.