That's the long and short of it." The dealer in mortgages appeared to hear and there was no reason why he should not have understood.

But he seemed still unsatisfied, even suspicious.

The whiskers received another series of pulls and he regarded Thankful with the same questioning stare.
"And you say," he drawled, "that you come to me just because--" "Mercy on us! If you don't know why I come by this time, then--" "All right, all right.

I--I'm talkin' to myself, I guess.

Course you told me why you come.