“You are an impertinent boy!”
“How do you make that out?”
“In refusing to answer me.”
“If it were a question which you had a right to expect an answer to, I would tell you.”
“I have a right to an answer.”
“I don’t think so.”
“Well, let that go. I will give you a thousand dollars for the papers, not that they are worth it, but because your father was an early friend of mine, and it will give me an excuse for helping his son.”
“If your intention is kind I thank you, but for the present I prefer to keep the papers.”
“Is the man you are traveling with rich?”