"It is a good deal."
"When do I get it back, and how?"
"He will surely pay you, Robert; God pays over there."
"That won't do--over there. It isn't honest."
Francis started. "Not honest?"
"You are offering deferred dividends, Francis. What would my stockholders say if I tried that kind of business? Gad, they would drag me into court."
"Ah, yes! But, Robert; you pay for to-day: he pays for eternity."
Kimberly smoked a moment. "In a proposition of that kind, Francis, it seems to me the question of guarantees is exceedingly important. You good men are safe enough; but where would the bad men come in on your eternal dividends?"
"You are not with the bad men, Robert. Your heart is not bad. You are, perhaps, cruel----"
"What?"