“You won’t be. It’s all in the family, you know.”
“What if it is? Father won’t take that view of it.”
“That won’t matter to you.”
“Why not?”
“Because he won’t know you took the bonds. You’re not going to tell him.”
“He may find out.”
“Look here, Phil. You’re the biggest coward I ever met!”
“If you think so, suppose you do it yourself,” said Philip. “That’ll show whether you are a coward or not.”
“That’s absurd. It wouldn’t be in the family then. The bonds don’t belong to my father. There wouldn’t be any excuse for me.”
“You want me to do what you are unwilling to do.”