Never yet had her rigid arithmetic committed an error.

Column by column she revised her figures--and made the humiliating discovery of her first mistake.
She had drawn out all, and more than all, the money deposited in the bank; and the next half-yearly payment of income was not due until Christmas.
There was but one thing to be done--to go at once to the bank.

If Ovid had not been in the wilds of Canada, Mrs.Gallilee would have made her confession to him without hesitation.

As it was, the servant called a cab, and she made her confession to the bankers.
The matter was soon settled to her satisfaction.

It rested (exactly as Miss Minerva had anticipated) with Mr.Gallilee.In the house, he might abdicate his authority to his heart's content.