"By Gum, I will. You'll learn, too, mighty quick. Did the girls at your school ever throw it up to you that you was a tradesman's daughter?"
"No, I told them that you were the honestest dealer in England."
"So I am, my pretty, the honestest in the world. It pays to be honest."
"That's not why you're honest?"
"No, missie, it ain't. I swore solemn never to sell fakes except as such the night you was born."
"What a funny time to choose!"
Susan made a sign to him, but he went on:
"Funny? Never could make out why people use that word in such a silly way. Funny? Your dear mother nearly died the night you came to us."
Susan interfered nervously.
"Now, Joe, you ain't going into that, are you?"