When that partnership was dissolved, there remained the joint capital to be divided.

And I divided it.

Why not ?" "That capital was yours in the beginning; not mine.

What I had of my own you never controlled; and I took it with me when I went." "It was very little," he said.
"What of that?
Did that concern you?
Did you think I would have accepted anything from you?
A thousand times I have been on the point of notifying you through attorney that the deposit now standing in my name is at your disposal." "Why didn't you notify me then ?" he asked, reddening to the temples.
"Because--I did not wish to hurt you--by doing it that way.

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