Guy smiled. The suggestion did not trouble him as it might have done six months before.
“Besides,” continued Noah, “he may lose his house.”
This was certainly news.
“I don’t understand you,” said Guy. “The house belongs to him.”
“Yes, but there’s a mortgage on it.”
“Well?”
“Father holds the mortgage, and as your father can’t pay it, of course he’ll have to give it up.”
“Do you remember how large the mortgage is, Noah?”
“Five hundred dollars.”
“That isn’t much. He ought to be able to borrow that small sum.”