"Who is there to hear?"
"The servant might overhear you some day. Besides, there is Gerald."
"Where is he?"
"Out somewhere. He will be home to supper."
"Did he get any of the property?"
"No, Abel; it is all mine."
"Good. You played your cards pretty well."
"Don't express yourself in that coarse way."
"It's true, though. Isn't it rather strange old Lane shut out his own son?"
"Don't call him old Lane. It doesn't sound well."