Martin. Twenty per cent! Why, she buncoed me out of fifty-one per cent and half a million down.
Peale. (Gasping) Half a million!
Rodney. (To Mary) You did? Mary, you are a peach!
Peale. Absolutely.
Mary. (To Rodney) And by the terms of my contract with you, you now owe me 10% of what Rodney has made: $50,000.
Rodney. What contract?
Peale. I don’t get you.
Martin. So that’s why you held me up, eh? Just to get your 10%. Say, young lady, I’ve got a lot of other money that you are overlooking.
Rodney. Father, what do you mean?
Martin. (To Rodney) I’ll tell you what I mean. She got engaged to you to make you go to work—she only left me to keep you on the job because I promised her 10% of what you earned. All the time that she’s been pretending she would marry you, she’s been making use of you. (Goes to R. of table to sign check)