"Marshall—" and the tone of anger had quite faded from his voice—"Marshall, what is that fellow's hold on you?"
"You would not appreciate Andy's peculiar virtues even if I were to try to describe them," said Marshall with a smile of sardonic humor.
"Do you consider him the right sort of a person to bring into your home?"
"It won't hurt him!" said Marshall.
The judge, with a look on his face that mingled astonishment and injury, sank back in his chair. He never attempted anything that even faintly suggested flippancy, and he was unappreciative of this tendency in others.
"You have not told me what this fellow's hold on you is?" he said, after a moment's silence.
"Oh, he's done me one or two good turns."
"You mean in the way of money?"
Marshall nodded.
"Are you in his debt now, may I ask?"