"It is. Go down and ask them at the bank if I didn't put a bee in their bonnet this morning."
"Then the house pays your expenses. Your purse didn't have to suffer."
"Oh, well, if you want the literal truth, I'm flat broke."
"You always are flat broke at this time in the month. Why shouldn't I be?—as a matter of fact, I am."
Edgar frowned. "What have you been buying?"
"A new microscope. I've saved for it, Edgar."
The girl cast a warm glance across the room to where, on a table, stood a tall slender object covered with a cloth.
"Saved for it!" was the disgusted response. "Shameful idea when the Ad. could just as well buy you an observatory."
"I don't believe father is nearly as rich as you think he is," said the girl defensively.