“I might break the saw if I attempted to use it. I will try the ax.”
“What would Rupert Simpson say if he should see you helping me?” said Tom, in a moment’s pause. “He would think you were lowering yourself.”
“And he might be welcome to his opinion,” said Harry, independently.
“You are a good deal together.”
“Yes, but he seeks my company, not I his.”
“Mother tells me that he and I were like two brothers when we were quite young. But he wasn’t rich then.”
“That has spoiled him.”
“At any rate, it has cured him of his liking for my company. Doesn’t he ever speak to you about your being intimate with me?”
“Yes, often. He thinks I like you better than I do him, and he is right there.”
“I can guess what he says to you, Harry?”