If it is not we can't go on.

I guess you see that." She read it again.

Then glancing up at the messenger, who was plainly curious at the expression on her face, she frowned at him impatiently.
"Will you wait downstairs!" she said.

"It will take some little time to find the things my husband wants." Rid of him, she began again and read the letter with desperate care.
Yes, Joe was trying to be fair.

To have said he was sorry for that scene was rather decent in him.