It's mine, mine .-- I mean, it's ours, Mac, dear." The elder Sieppes, however, made excuses for Marcus.

He had probably been drinking a good deal and didn't know what he was about.

He had a dreadful temper, anyhow.

Maybe he only wanted to scare McTeague.
The week before the marriage the two men were reconciled.

Mrs.Sieppe brought them together in the front parlor of the B Street house.
"Now, you two fellers, don't be dot foolish.