“It is very kind of you—and of your father—to offer me the money,” she said, “but, really, I can’t accept it.”
“Oh, but you must accept it, Mrs. Bradley. Why won’t you take it?”
“Well, we are not in immediate need.”
“That’s all right; you can lay it away.”
“And I am opposed, on principle, to accepting charity.”
“Then we won’t call it charity.”
“Or gifts from those who are better off than I am. I don’t believe there should be any rich people to make gifts, nor any poor people to receive them. I think the wealth of the world should be more evenly distributed.”
“Oh, but you’re wrong there, Mrs. Bradley. I think I can convince you——”
“I’m too tired to be convinced to-day, Mr. Malleson.”
“Pardon me! I’ll come again later on and we’ll talk it over.”