"Why do you wish to know?"
"It was," she affirmed.
"How do you know?" he sharply questioned.
"That same old Woman's Intuition."
"I insist on your answering me intelligibly! What do you know of business matters like that anyhow?"
"Not much, but a little."
"Understand, Margaret, once and for all, that my business affairs and that of my folks are no least concern of yours!"
"Yours are."
"They are not!"
"Oh, yes, they are, Daniel. You and I are life partners and I am the mother of your heirs. Therefore, I have everything to do with your business. Neither I nor my children shall live on stolen money."