"Have you ever read a book called 'Revenge is Sweet'?" she asked.
The Beggar Man moved impatiently.
"No, I haven't, and even if I had——"
She interrupted mercilessly.
"Well, you should! It's on at the pictures, too, this week, and it reminds me of what Faith told me about her father and you! It's all about a man who ruined another man in business and broke his heart, so that he died! Well, that's what happened to Faith's father—through you!"
The Beggar Man walked over to the window and stood looking out into the ugly street.
A dull flush had risen to his face. He was not proud of everything that had happened in his life, and he was perfectly well aware that his great wealth could not always have been accumulated without distress to others.
Until now those "others" had been vague, unreal figures, but it gave him a sick feeling of shame to think that perhaps Peg was speaking the truth when she said that one of them had been Faith's father.
"Business is business," he began angrily in self-defence.
Peg nodded.