"I ought to have," blazed out Oliver indignantly. "My mother left a hundred thousand dollars, which you and your father have coolly appropriated."
"My father has no money that is not his own," retorted Roland, "and that is more than——"
"Stop there, Roland, or I may forget myself," interrupted Oliver sternly.
There was a menace in his tone which startled Roland, and he thought it best not to complete his sentence.
"I must be going," said Roland. "Have you dined?"
He asked the question chiefly out of curiosity.
"I dined at Delmonico's," replied Oliver, in a matter-of-fact tone, enjoying Roland's amazement.
"You did!" exclaimed Roland, well aware how expensive Delmonico's famous restaurant is.
"Yes; I had a capital dinner."
"I don't believe it. You are joking," said Roland incredulously.