"There, that will do."
"She said that she thought that you might be induced—"
"Didn't I say that would do?"
"Yes, sir, but let me finish, if you please. Of course you know that my wife's share, whatever it may amount to, will fall to me?"
"Yes, if I so desire it, sir."
"But I know you well enough to feel that you won't refuse me."
"Now you are presuming upon my kindness, sir."
"No, sir; I am paying a tribute to your sense of justice. And now this is what I have agreed to do: to take Dan and wait until you are ready—"
"You have agreed with whom, sir?" Old Master broke in.
"Oh, I don't know that it was exactly an agreement. I had a talk with your wife, and—"