"When I expected at least five thousand."
"I suspect there's been some dishonesty on the part of Uncle Solon. You know he is awfully fond of money."
"Yes, he always was."
"And Tom Trotter says that Edgar told him his father was very rich."
"It seems strange the change that has taken place. When I first knew Solon Talbot I was a young lady in society with a high position, and he was a clerk in my father's store. He was of humble parentage, though that, of course, is not to his discredit. His father used to go about sawing wood for those who chose to employ him."
"You don't mean it! You never told me that before."
"No, for I knew that Solon would be ashamed to have it known, and as I said before it is nothing to his discredit."
"But it might prevent Edgar from putting on such airs. He looked at me as if I was an inferior being, and he didn't care to have anything to say to me."
"I hope you don't feel sensitive on that account."
"Sensitive? No. I can get along without Edgar Talbot's notice. I mean some time to stand as high or higher than Uncle Solon, and to be quite as rich."