"Offered him that, and—"
"You offered him—?" echoed Griffith, his lean, creased face almost grotesque with astonishment.
"Think I don't value my daughter's life?" snapped Mr. Leslie. "I was ready to do that and far more for him. He refused—not only refused but insulted me."
Griffith peered intently into the angry face of his employer. "Insulted you, eh? Guess you prodded him up first."
"I admit I had rather misjudged him in some respects."
"So you gave him the gaff, eh?—and got it back harder!" cackled
Griffith.
"He shall be compelled to accept what I owe him, indirectly, if not directly. You have given him work?"
"Yes."
"You've, of course, told him that I'm the Coville Construction Company."
"Not yet."