“Good Lord, Sis! You’re a wonder! How on earth did you ferret all this mess out?”
“That doesn’t matter. The thing that matters is what Father and that Phillips person are trying to do to Uncle Josiah. We must stop them. If you know the truth about the transaction between Father and Mr. Phillips you have no right to allow this thing to go on.”
Harold’s eyes narrowed. “Trying to trap me again, Bets?”
“Of course I’m not. I’m just trying to get you to look at things from Uncle Josiah’s position.”
“How many of the facts do you know about this case?” asked Harold in deep seriousness.
“I know enough to form pretty good conclusions of the injustice of the whole thing.”
“Do you think you know everything?”
“No-o, not when you look at me like that,” 318 she said, surprised by the earnestness of his voice and manner.
“Has any one beside Father talked with you?”
She hesitated, then slowly shook her head. “You must not ask me that.”