their chance of bluffing off the charge and convicting me of
fraud. But they were frightened," Newman added, "and I have had all the
vengeance I want."

"It is most provoking," said Mrs. Tristram, "to hear you talk of the
'charge' when the charge is burnt up. Is it quite consumed?" she asked,
glancing at the fire.

Newman assured her that there was nothing left of it. "Well then," she
said, "I suppose there is no harm in saying that you probably did not
make them so very uncomfortable. My impression would be that since, as
you say, they defied you, it was because they believed that, after
all, you would never really come to the point. Their confidence, after
counsel taken of each other, was not in their innocence, nor in their
talent for bluffing things off; it was in your remarkable good nature!
You see they were right."

Newman instinctively turned to see if the little paper was in fact
consumed; but there was nothing left of it.

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