"Perhaps so. Uncle John, are you willing that I should take charge of your money?"
"Yes, Giles."
"Ah, a very nice conspiracy. Uncle John, you are a fool."
"Why?" asked the old man, mildly.
"This man has made a failure of his life, and is as poor as poverty, judging from his appearance. He has got up a nice scheme for depriving you of your money. If he got hold of it you would never see a cent of it. He is evidently an adventurer."
"Then you won't give me my money?"
"No. I shall keep it in your own interest. Why, if you gave it to him you would be a pauper in less than a year."
Giles Packard did not seem in the least irritated by his cousin's uncomplimentary remarks.
Turning to John Plympton, he said: "I think we may as well go, Uncle John."