Claude lifted his handsome, rather insolent face. "Why not?"
"For the simple reason that he's got his money."
"Much you know about it. Len Willoughby hasn't enough money left in Toogood & Masterman's to take him on a trip to Europe."
Thor backed toward the receiving-teller's wicket, where he rested the tips of his elbows on the counter. He was visibly perturbed. "What's become of it, then?"
"Don't ask me. All I know is what I'm telling you."
"Did father say so himself?"
"Not in so many words. But I know it." He tossed the tape from him and began to smooth his gloves. "Father means to ship him."
"Ship him? He can't do that."
"Can't? I should like to know why not."
"Because he can't. That's why. Because he has—"