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True
to
her
promise
,
the
following
day
Hortense
returned
to
Mr.
Rubenstein
,
and
with
all
the
cunning
of
her
nature
placed
before
him
,
with
many
reservations
,
the
nature
of
the
dilemma
which
confronted
her
.
Could
she
,
by
any
chance
,
have
the
coat
for
one
hundred
and
fifteen
dollars
on
an
easy
payment
plan
?
Mr.
Rubenstein
's
head
forthwith
began
to
wag
a
solemn
negative
.
This
was
not
an
easy
payment
store
.
If
he
wanted
to
do
business
that
way
he
could
charge
two
hundred
for
the
coat
and
easily
get
it
.
"
But
I
could
pay
as
much
as
fifty
dollars
when
I
took
the
coat
,
"
argued
Hortense
.
"
Very
good
.
But
who
is
to
guarantee
that
I
get
the
other
sixty
-
five
,
and
when
?
"
"
Next
week
twenty-five
,
and
the
week
after
that
twenty
five
and
the
next
week
after
that
fifteen
.
"
"
Of
course
.
But
supposin
'
the
next
day
after
you
take
the
coat
an
automobile
runs
you
down
and
kills
you
.
Then
what
?
How
do
I
get
my
money
?
"
Now
that
was
a
poser
.
And
there
was
really
no
way
that
she
could
prove
that
any
one
would
pay
for
the
coat
.
And
before
that
there
would
have
to
be
all
the
bother
of
making
out
a
contract
,
and
getting
some
really
responsible
person
--
a
banker
,
say
--
to
endorse
it
.
No
,
no
,
this
was
not
an
easy
payment
house
.
This
was
a
cash
house
.
That
was
why
the
coat
was
offered
to
her
at
one
hundred
and
fifteen
,
but
not
a
dollar
less
.
Not
a
dollar
.
Mr.
Rubenstein
sighed
and
talked
on
.
And
finally
Hortense
asked
him
if
she
could
give
him
seventy-five
dollars
cash
in
hand
,
the
other
forty
to
be
paid
in
one
week
's
time
.
Would
he
let
her
have
the
coat
then
--
to
take
home
with
her
?
"
But
a
week
--
a
week
--
what
is
a
week
then
?
"
argued
Mr.
Rubenstein
.
"
If
you
can
bring
me
seventy-five
next
week
or
to-morrow
,
and
forty
more
in
another
week
or
ten
days
,
why
not
wait
a
week
and
bring
the
whole
hundred
and
fifteen
?
Then
the
coat
is
yours
and
no
bother
.
Leave
the
coat
.
Come
back
to-morrow
and
pay
me
twenty-five
or
thirty
dollars
on
account
and
I
take
the
coat
out
of
the
window
and
lock
it
up
for
you
.
No
one
can
even
see
it
then
.
In
another
week
bring
me
the
balance
or
in
two
weeks
.
Then
it
is
yours
.
"
Mr.
Rubenstein
explained
the
process
as
though
it
were
a
difficult
matter
to
grasp
.
But
the
argument
once
made
was
sound
enough
.
It
really
left
Hortense
little
to
argue
about
.
At
the
same
time
it
reduced
her
spirit
not
a
little
.
To
think
of
not
being
able
to
take
it
now
.
And
yet
,
once
out
of
the
place
,
her
vigor
revived
.
For
,
after
all
,
the
time
fixed
would
soon
pass
and
if
Clyde
performed
his
part
of
the
agreement
promptly
,
the
coat
would
be
hers
.
The
important
thing
now
was
to
make
him
give
her
twenty-five
or
thirty
dollars
wherewith
to
bind
this
wonderful
agreement
.
Only
now
,
because
of
the
fact
that
she
felt
that
she
needed
a
new
hat
to
go
with
the
coat
,
she
decided
to
say
that
it
cost
one
hundred
and
twenty-five
instead
of
one
hundred
and
fifteen
.
