"It can't be done."
"Nonsense, Theodore. I won't wait to see the Judge now, but you tell him——"
"It don't make any difference what I tell him. The Judge has made up his mind, and he won't change it. You can take it from me as well as him. You won't get another dollar of his money, and you won't get another month's extension of time. We're done with you."
"I almost believe you mean that, Theodore."
"As I said, the house is insufficient security, but for the sake of the dignity of the firm we must protect ourselves——"
"I believe you mean it, and the Judge gave you authority to say it."
"We must go through the form of protecting ourselves and——"
His client laughed. "You don't mean the Judge wants to take over the house. That's 'Way Down East stuff. If money's tight with him, we'll pay the interest and manage some way, though I don't see how. But the house would be no good to him if he took it, and he wouldn't take it if it was. I know the Judge. Don't let your imagination get away with you, Theodore."
"I'm sorry for you, Donovan."
"You think he's going to take it?"