“Perhaps so; I believed it to be real. He told me that he had been friends with Tom, and—oh, I cannot repeat it all.”
“It is not necessary. I desire only the main facts.”
“I could not command so much money then, because I was only a child, but I found a way to obtain a great deal.”
“And that you gave to him for your brother, Tom.”
“Yes; all of it. There has never been a month since that time when I have been free from the demands of Paul Rogers; but I have not resented that as long as I believed I was benefiting my wayward brother. I have always supposed that a part of what I supplied went to him.”
“Nothing has gone to him. Did not Rogers also endeavor to force himself upon your attentions?”
“Yes; to my shame, he did.”
“To your shame? Oh, no; but to your misfortune and your youth—yes.”
“He is well educated. He represented himself to be of good family——”
“Which I have no doubt he is. Go on.”