“You are mistaken. I may have a competence, but nothing more.”
“You’ve got a fine farm.”
“That don’t support me. Farming doesn’t pay.”
“And money in stock and bonds.”
“Enough to make up the deficiency in my income. I assure you I don’t lay up a cent. I can’t do it.”
“May I ask what is your errand in New York?”
“I want to speak to you about that. I want to find my cousin.”
“Don’t his bankers know where he is?”
“If they do, they won’t tell. I suppose they are acting under orders from him?”
“Suppose you find him?”