“This man has squandered your fortune?”
“No; he simply misapplied it.”
“And you hold no hard feelings against him?”
“No; I am sure he thought he was doing what was for the best. I pity him.”
“You are a strange young man.”
“Why so?”
“Few persons in your place would care to see him live, unless it were to punish him.”
“What good would it do me to punish him? That would not bring my money back, and it would give me no satisfaction. I think he is being punished now.”
“You are generous.”
“I fail to see the generosity. A person who could wish to harm that poor, old man would be cruel.”