Sit down; sit down and let us talk and be friendly." The gentleman wavered.

Then he said: "No, this is only a subterfuge.

I will go.

It is not the missing page." Laura tore off a couple of lines from the bottom of the sheet.
"Now," she said, "you will know whether this is the handwriting or not.
You know it is the handwriting.

Now if you will listen, you will know that this must be the list of statistics which was to be the 'nub' of your great effort, and the accompanying blast the beginning of the burst of eloquence which was continued on the next page--and you will recognize that there was where you broke down." She read the page.