"I had a letter from mother this morning."
"Indeed?" There was little warmth in Skinner's tone. "I suppose she spoke pleasantly, not to say flatteringly, of me."
"Now, Dearie, don't talk that way. I know mother is perfectly unreasonable about you."
"She came darned near making me lose you. That's the only thing I've got against her."
"She has n't really anything against you—she only thinks she has," observed Honey.
"The only thing she's got against me is that she acted contrary to my advice and lost her money. She's hated me ever since!"
"It is wrong of her, but we 're not any of us infallible. Besides, she's my mother—and I can't help worrying about her."
"Why worry?"
"The interest on her mortgage comes due and she can't pay it."
"If she'd only listened to me and not taken the advice of that scalawag brother-in-law of yours, she would n't have any mortgage to pay interest on."