Peg laughed.
"Oh, well, if it's to be a business deal."
She told him what she earned at Heeler's, and asked double the amount if she consented to stay with Faith.
"You won't be wanting me for long, anyway," she said, "so I'm for making hay while the sun shines."
The Beggar Man gave her notes for the amount she asked without a word, and a faint admiration crept into her blue eyes.
"Look here," she said, "are you acting on the square with Faith? That's what I want to know."
The Beggar Man met her gaze steadily.
"Well, I married her, didn't I?" he asked.
"I know, but you've let her down in other ways; you never told her that Heeler's belonged to you."
"That is no business of yours."