“You've made up your mind to keep that fool's promise, have you?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Look here, young man, have you thought this over?”
“Yes, sir.”
“You know what you're going to lose. You remember that your own family—your father and mother and sister—can't profit by the gift?”
“Yes, sir; I have thought it all over.”
“Do you realize that if you stick to your part of the bargain, it does not follow that the doctor and Basset will stick to theirs?”
Jerome stared at him. “Didn't they sign that document before witnesses?”
The lawyer laughed. “That document isn't worth the paper it's written on. It was all horse-play. Didn't you know that, Jerome?”
“Did the doctor and Basset know it?”