Flo Yes, we will trust him, go on.

Mur I found the Ravensdale mortgage while rumaging in an old deed box
of Coyle's father's, there was a folded paper inside the deed.
I took both to Coyle unopened, like a besotted fool that I was.
My belief is strong that the paper was the release of the mortgage
that the money had been paid off, and the release executed
without the seals having been cut from the original mortgage.
I have known such things happen.

Asa Have ye, now? Well, if a Yankee lawyer had done such a thing
he would have Judge Lynch after him in no time.

Mur You can but find that release, we may unmask this diabolical fiend
and save you.

Flo But, surely, a villain of Coyle's stability would have destroyed
the paper, the very key-stone of his fraud.

Mur I fear so.

Asa Do you, now, wal, you're wrong, you're both wrong.
I guess you ain't either on you done much cyphering human nature.
The key stone of their fraud is just the point your
mighty cute rascals always leave unsecured. Come along with me,
stranger, and we'll just work up this sum a little, two heads are
better than one. Yours is a little muddled, but mine's pretty clear,
and if I don't circumvent that old sarpint, Coyle--

Flo Well?