"Work for it, then!"
"Thank you! You are very kind; but employers are rather shy of me. I have no recommendations to offer. I don't mind telling you that I have spent the last four years in prison."
"A very suitable place for you," said the old man in a caustic tone.
"Thank you again! You are complimentary."
"This is the reason why you have not found me out before?"
"Precisely. You don't suppose I would otherwise have kept away from you so long, my most affectionate uncle!"
"Do you recall the circumstances of our last parting? I awoke in California to find myself robbed of the large sum of money I had with me. Of course, you took it."
"I don't mind owning that I did. But I haven't a cent of it left."
"That I can easily believe. Why have you sought me out?"
"I want more money."