"What is the amount of this property?" asked Dunbar.
"Twenty-five thousand dollars were left to her by her father at his death; the balance of his large property went to some distant relatives. Harriet's fortune has, in my hands, increased to thirty thousand dollars."
"Was she his only child?"
"Yes."
"Why did he not leave her more?"
"He had his own reasons, I presume," returned Harrison coldly.
"The thirty thousand you hold is to be paid to me, I understand."
"The will requires me to pay to the husband of Harriet the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, with any interest accruing there from not already paid to the said Harriet. You are her husband, and of course you are entitled to her fortune."
"Yes, that is plain enough. When will you be prepared to arrange it?"
"That I have already done," replied the guardian, coolly.