“What is the argument about, anyway?� asked the detective, with a quiet smile.
“I don’t think it amounts to much one way or another,� replied Patsy. “I guess it is more to the purpose if we bend our energies to a solution of the present problem.�
“I think so, too,� agreed Nick. “It began, didn’t it, by Chick expressing the belief that Madge has stolen Lynne away to marry him?�
“Yes.�
“Has it occurred to you, to either of you or to both of you, that that is the only thing she can do now to win that fortune, or to get hold of any considerable portion of it?� the detective asked.
Chick nodded. Patsy made no reply; but he asked:
“What’s the matter with the two of them—Mike and Madge—forcing him to disgorge a goodly portion of his wealth?â€�
“It wouldn’t work, Patsy.�
“Why not?�
“Well, for one thing, he isn’t the sort of a man to give up.�