“Of course I do.”
“And what excuse have you?”
“Do you expect me to work all the time?”
“I expect you to earn your board and clothes.”
“I earn them both, and more too, but I don’t get the clothes.”
“Hey? Oh, I see. You loitered because I wouldn’t buy you a suit of clothes,” snarled Seth.
“You can take it that way if you want to,” said Grant.
“What’s got into you, Grant Colburn? ’Pears to me you are mighty independent all at once.”
“That’s the way I feel.”
“You seem to forget that but for me you wouldn’t have a home.”