“Not just at present. What’s more, Hibbard, I don’t want any trouble on account of that note.”
“You’ll not have any trouble. Everybody knows that all your property is in your wife’s name. She didn’t sign the note with you, did she?”
“No.”
“Then let Clancy whistle.”
“I can’t do that. If young Clancy sues and tries to collect, the publicity would be a bad thing for the business.”
“Why didn’t Clancy’s father deposit the note in the bank before he went to Mexico?”
“I don’t know. The thing that concerns me is that young Clancy is here with the note, and demands payment. I have told him that I would try and give him the money in a couple of weeks.”
“So,” remarked Hibbard, “in order to keep him quiet and comfortable, you have given him a job. Is that the way of it?”
“That is partly the way of it. So long as he has the note, he possesses a weapon which he can use against me at any time. Frankly, Hibbard, I don’t see how I can get the money together in a couple of weeks.”
“Borrow it of Mrs. Rockwell.”