"As I said just now, I never walk blindfold." Freeling leaned close to Mrs.Dinneford, and uttered a few sentences in a low tone, speaking rapidly.

The color went and came in her face, but she sat motionless, and so continued for some time after he had ceased speaking.
"You will get the notes ?" Freeling put the question as one who has little doubt of the answer.
"I will get them," replied Mrs.Dinneford.
"When ?" "It will take time." "We cannot wait long.

If the thing is done at all, it must be done quickly.

'Strike while the iron is hot' is the best of all maxims." "There shall be no needless delay on my part.

You may trust me for that," was answered.
Within a week Mrs.Dinneford brought two notes, drawn by her husband in favor of George Granger--one for five hundred and the other for one thousand dollars.