'That's all I know for certain.

He's a brutal sort of man, and maybe he offended her somehow.' 'Well,' returned Isidore Bamberger, 'maybe; but singers aren't often offended by men who have money.

At least, I've always understood so, though I don't know much about that side of life myself.' 'It would be just one thing more to break his character if Cordova would say something against him,' suggested Feist.

'Her popularity is something tremendous, and people always believe a woman who says that a man has insulted her.

In those things the bare word of a pretty lady who's no better than she should be is worth more than an honest man's character for thirty years.' 'That's so,' said Bamberger, looking at him attentively.