"You can pay it back, too, if you like. Harriet will be earning thousands of dollars in a few years. Her success is sure."
A faint smile lighted the father's face.
"Her success is sure, isn't it?" he asked with the eagerness of a child. And then the smile slowly faded.
"But I shall not be here to see it."
"Yes you will. I'm running your affairs now, and you've got to do what I say. Get ready. We are going to see Bivens."
"I'll do it if you say so, boy," the doctor answered feebly, "but it's no use. He'll prosecute me to the limit of the law."
"He'll do nothing of the kind."
"He will—I know him."
Bivens refused point blank at first to see Woodman and ordered his servant to put him out of the house and ask Stuart to remain for a conference.