"No, thank you. Look here, Riggleton, I'm very much obliged to you, and I appreciate all you have said; but our paths must lie apart."
"Lie apart?" Tony's mind was a little confused. "You mean to say that you don't accept the allowance I'm willing to make you?"
"I mean that. I thank you very much, but I don't accept."
"But—but what are you going to do?"
"I don't know."
"Have you any money?"
"No. Yes, I have, though. I've a few pounds which I saved before I thought I—I was——"
"Old Uncle Charlie's heir," concluded Tony as Dick hesitated. "But what about the estate?"
"The lawyer must settle all that. I'm sorry I'm intruding here. I'll go and pack my things right away. Some day I'll repay you for the money I've spent while I've been here."
"Look here," and Tony came to Dick's side, "don't you be a fool. You just take things sensibly. Pay me money! Money, be blowed! You just——"