"You're going to stay right here and behave yourself till dad comes, and you're going to have a talk with him about your affairs before you go doing anything silly.

You know perfectly well that my father's advice is worth something.

Everybody in the country thinks he has a wonderful brain when it comes to business or anything like that.

He can tell you what you ought to do, Johnny, if you'll only be sensible and listen to him." "What do I want to listen to him for ?" Johnny's eyes looked down at her with no softening of his anger.

"Good golly! Do you think your dad's got the only brain in the world?
How do men run their affairs, and get rich, that never heard of him, do you suppose?
I don't want to mock your dad--he's all right in his own field, and a smart man and all that.