PIKE
[incredulously]
Seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars!
ETHEL
Precisely that!
PIKE
[amazed]
Well, he has made you care for him! I guess he must be the Prince of the World, honey! He must be a great man. I expect you're right about me not meetin' him! I prob'ly wouldn't stack up very high alongside of a man that's big enough for you to think as much of as you do of him.
[Smiling.]
Why, I'd have to squeeze every bit of property your pa left you.[pg 068]