"Yes."
"Marlowe? Why, it isn't a month since he was installed."
"Six weeks."
"And all this happened in six weeks?"
"Yes."
Mr. Tallmadge's lean face worked, speechless; then, finding a fury-choked voice:
"Tell me the circumstances, and let me see if anything can be done."
"Nothing can be done. It's irrevocable."
"But it isn't legal. You haven't a penny. You're under age."
"We can wait."