'I know no such person,' says she--" "What! was it not the second wife, after all ?" I broke out.
"Wait a bit," says Mr.Dark.

"I mentioned the name of the yacht next, and she started up on the sofa as if she had been shot.

'I think you were married in Scotland, ma'am,' says I.She turns as pale as ashes, and drops back on the sofa, and says, faintly: 'It is my husband.

Oh, sir, what has happened?
What do you want with him?
Is he in debt ?' I took a minute to think, and then made up my mind to tell her everything, feeling that she would keep her husband (as she called him) out of the way if I frightened her by any mysteries.

A nice job I had, William, as you may suppose, when she knew about the bigamy business.