13/31 I owe everything to you." "I think you do," observed Pine quietly. "When I found you in Whitechapel you were only a pauper toymaker." "An inventor of toys, remember. You made your fortune out of my inventions." "The three clever toys you invented laid the foundations of my wealth," corrected the millionaire calmly. "But I made my money in the South African share business. And if I hadn't taken up your toys, you would have been now struggling in Whitechapel, since there was no one but me to exploit your brains in the toy-making way. |