"Look here, boy, do you know that I am my uncle's heir?"
"He never told me so."
"Then I tell you so."
"I hear you, sir."
"I'll tell you something else. I believe you are trying to worm yourself into my uncle's confidence, so as to rob him—and me."
"Your thinking so doesn't make it so," said Mark, angrily.
"I warn you that you had better think twice before you play such a dangerous game. You have a bad reputation in the village."
"Who told you so?" demanded Mark, indignantly.
"Two of your companions."
"James Collins and Tom Wyman probably!" said Mark, contemptuously.