Chapter 39

Utter silence, as in the curvature of space, followed. It was broken by a brazen laugh from A. T. W. “What nonsense!” he remarked. “You must be crazy! You couldn’t send a dog to jail!” “She can send you!” smiled the tall old man who towered above him. “Who in hell are _you_?” snapped the Honorable Todhunter. “I suppose I am known by the same name everywhere,” answered Mr. Tutt benignly. “Let it suffice that I am the young lady’s attorney. I advise you that she has full authority to send you to prison. Here is the n…