"Then I never want to be one!" He walked away, leaving Mark very much incensed.
"He is a fool!" muttered Mark.

"When I am a rich man, he may repent having insulted me." Herbert went back to Frank.
"Did he tell you ?" asked Frank, quietly.
"Yes; and he actually appeared to think I would be ready to desert you because you were poor, and follow him about." "I am not afraid of that, Herbert." "I don't think Mark will have that idea any more.

I gave him a piece of my mind, and left him very angry.

But what does it all mean, Frank ?" "I know no more than you do, Herbert.

I cannot understand it." "What could have induced your mother to make such a will ?" "I cannot believe my poor mother ever made such a will; but, if she did, I am very sure that she was over-persuaded by my stepfather, who is one of the most plausible of men." "What shall you do about it ?" "What can I do?
I am only a boy.