LAURA. I have not brought you here without realizing that. You must help me!
MONTAGUE. Very well. I will do what I can.
LAURA. [Leaning forward.] I wish to know about my father. I wish to know to what extent he is involved in these evils that you speak of.
MONTAGUE. Your father is in the game, and he has played it the way the game is played.
LAURA. Has he been better than the others, or worse?
MONTAGUE. About the same, Miss Hegan.
LAURA. He has been more successful than they.
MONTAGUE. He has been very successful.
LAURA. You were concerned in some important deal with my father, were you not?
MONTAGUE. I was.