“What will Mr. Howbridge say!” groaned Ruth.
“Oh, dear me! Let’s not worry about what he says!” cried Agnes. “It’s nothing to him. Think of it! We are the losers of all that money.”
“No,” Ruth said quickly.
“Why not? What do you mean?” demanded her sister.
“It is a great loss, an irreparable loss, to the real owners of the fortune.”
“Well, who are they?” demanded Agnes. “We don’t know them. I suppose the courts would have to decide. But I guess a part of the money, anyway, would come to us. Enough to buy an automobile.”
“No,” repeated Ruth, shaking her head.
“Why not?” cried her sister. “Of course it’s ours!”
“That’s what I say. But your sister wants to give it all away,” said Barnabetta.
“Give it all away!” cried Agnes.