4/21 I want you to read something.' 'Go on, Auntie dear,' she said gravely. The old lady, after a pause, spoke with a certain timidity: 'They are all paid; at least all that can be. Perhaps I had better read you the letter I have had from my solicitors: '"Dear Madam,--In accordance with your instructions we have paid all the accounts mentioned in Schedule A (enclosed). We have placed for your convenience three columns: (1) the original amount of each account, (2) the amount of discount we were able to arrange, and (3) the amount paid. We have, we assure you, done all in our power to find the gentlemen whose names and addresses are therein given. |