"I think we'd better have it out clearly between us, Augustus. It won't suit me to be at Rio Janeiro when our father dies."
"What difference will his death make to you?"
"A father's death generally does make a difference to his eldest son, particularly if there is any property concerned."
"You mean to say that you intend to dispute the circumstances of your birth?"
"Dispute them! Do you think that I will allow such a thing to be said of my mother without disputing it? Do you suppose that I will give up my claim to one of the finest properties in England without disputing it?"
"Then I had better stop the payment of that money, and let the gentlemen know that you mean to raise the question on their behalf."
"That's your affair. The arrangement is a very good one for me; but you made it."
"You know very well that your present threat means nothing. Ask Mr. Grey. You can trust him."
"But I can't trust him. After having been so wickedly deceived by my own father, I can trust no one. Why did not Mr. Grey find it out before, if it be true? I give you my word, Augustus, the lawyers will have to fight it out before you will be allowed to take possession."
"And yet you do not scruple to come and live here at my cost."