“And you hadn’t met him before?”
“No; I asked him the way to your house, and he told me he had just left it.”
John Simpson was relieved. He feared at first that Tom’s call was induced by a previous interview with his present visitor.
“He seems a fine boy,” repeated Darke.
“He is a very impertinent boy.”
“He doesn’t look like it. By the way, he tells me you have discharged him from your employment.”
“He forced me to it. I may take him on again after a time. Did you speak to Tom about his father?” asked John Simpson, uneasily.
“Yes. He says that you told him his father had only five thousand dollars.”
“Suppose I did.”