"You are decidedly plain-spoken, boy!" cried James Talbot, frowning.
"Because one must speak plainly to such a man as you, Mr. Talbot. I don't know why my mother married you, but I think I know why you married my mother."
"And why?"
"To get hold of her money."
James Talbot leaped from the chair upon which he had been sitting. He was enraged, but quickly calmed himself.
"You are entirely mistaken, boy, entirely mistaken. Why, I have all the money I want."
"I saw you borrow fifty dollars from my mother once."
"Merely a bit of accommodation because I didn't have the cash handy. Why I can draw my check for twenty or thirty thousand dollars if I wish to."
Robert did not believe the statement. Yet as he had no way to disprove it, he remained silent on the point.