I have mentioned it to you in the strictest confidence.

But I need hardly say this to you, for I know how discreet you are." "I shall not mention it." "It could do no good." "None in the world." "Isn't it surprising, that a woman who is so well off in the world as Mrs.Comegys, should stoop to a petty act like this ?" "It is, certainly." "Perhaps there is something wrong here," and Mrs.Grimes placed her finger to her forehead and looked sober.
"How do you mean ?" asked the friend.
"You've heard of people's having a dishonest monomania.

Don't you remember the case of Mrs.Y---- ?" "Very well." "She had every thing that heart could desire.

Her husband was rich, and let her have as much money as she wanted.

I wish we could all say that, Mrs.Florence, don't you ?" "It would be very pleasant, certainly, to have as much money as we wanted." "But, notwithstanding all this, Mrs.Y---- had such a propensity to take things not her own, that she never went into a dry goods store without purloining something, and rarely took tea with a friend without slipping a teaspoon into her pocket.