"Yes;—he has got it safe enough. There's no doubt about the money."
"What he talks about is only a will. Now you want the money at once."
"Of course I do;—and he talks to me as if I were some old fogy with an estate of my own. I must concoct a letter and explain my views; and the more I can make him understand how things really are the better. I don't suppose he wants to see his daughter come to grief."
"Then the sooner you write it the better," said Mr. Parker.
CHAPTER XLVI
"He Wants to Get Rich Too Quick"
As they strolled home Lopez told his wife that he had accepted an invitation to dine the next day at the Parkers' cottage. In doing this his manner was not quite so gentle as when he had asked her to call on them. He had been a little ruffled by what had been said, and now exhibited his temper. "I don't suppose it will be very nice," he said, "but we may have to put up with worse things than that."
"I have made no objection."
"But you don't seem to take to it very cordially."