"I 'd rather go alone." "Well, we 'll not war over that.

You can leave your wife North if you wish.

I tell you what you do.

Think it over, and call me up by 'phone about three o'clock tomorrow--here's the number.

If you decide on taking a woman along I know one who will answer, and will have her at the train." "I am to leave then tomorrow night ?" "Yes, over the Eastern Illinois, at 8:10." There was a moment's silence; then he rustled the paper on the table, and held out a fountain pen.
"Sign here." I was not hypnotized, or unduly controlled; my mind seemed clear, but I yielded without a word and wrote my name at the bottom of the sheet.
Vail blotted it carefully, folded the paper, and placed it in a drawer of the table.