“Yes-es——”
“Then you would have stolen it too.”
“I—it would have been from my father.”
“That’s worse!” said Valek decidedly. “I never rob my father.”
“Well, then, I should have asked for it. He would have given it to me.”
“Oh, he might have given it to you once—but how could he provide for all the beggars in town?”
“Are you—beggars?” I asked in a low voice.
“Yes, we are beggars,” answered Valek bluntly and gruffly.
I said nothing, and in a few minutes I rose to go.
“Are you going away already?” asked Valek.