“No children?”
“No.”
“You’re the only relative?”
“Yes.”
“How about the funeral? Who had charge of that?”
“The funeral is tomorrow. I’m having it here. I didn’t get the telegram announcing his death until Monday night. I was out of town, and there was some delay in getting the telegram to me. I trust you appreciate the delicacy of the decision that was then thrust upon me — as to the funeral?”
Bertha said, “I don’t know a damn thing about funerals. What do you want to see me about?”
“Yes, yes, I’m coming to that. I’ve told you that my cousin was eccentric.”
“Yes.”
“Among other things he had no confidence whatever in the economic security of established business.”