"Charge account--good customer--pays promptly," he muttered under his breath.
For a moment he hesitated.

Then he sat down at a desk.
"Mrs.Dunlap," he said, "I'll do it." He pulled a piece of printed paper from the desk, filled in a few blanks, then turned to Kitty Carr, handing her a pen.
"Sign here," he said brusquely.
Constance bent over and read.

It was a form of release: "I, Kitty Carr, residing at -- East -- th Street, single, age twenty-seven years, in consideration of the sum of One Dollar, hereby admit taking the following property...

without having paid therefor and with intent not to pay therefor, and by reason of the withdrawal of the complaint of larceny, OF WHICH I AM GUILTY, I hereby remise, release, and forever discharge the said Stacy Co.

or its representatives from any claims, action, or causes of action which I may have against the Stacy Co.