Moselle. Now, daddy, that's a fib. Look me in the eye. No. Stop! If it's any thing I should know, you will tell me: you've always been so good to me.
Vermont. Well, never mind me. What have they done with Dandy Dick, the forger?
Moselle. He's no forger. He's as innocent of crime as you are. O daddy! I want some money.
Vermont. All right, little one. (Pulls out bag.) What's the figger?
Moselle. It's rather high.
Vermont. Never mind: the bank's open.
Moselle. Twenty thousand dollars.
Vermont. Twenty! Bank's broke. (Puts back bag.) We ain't struck no diamond mine lately, and nuggets are scarce. Couldn't you make a little discount?
Moselle. O daddy! twenty thousand dollars will set Dick free.
Vermont. Free! Not an ounce of dust comes out of my bag for him. He's played you a mean trick; and, if the detective don't take him off, I will. Why, Mosey, I thought you had more spirit.