23/45 He is robbing me, robbing his mother, robbing Sophia and you." "William, I wouldn't give way to temper that road; calling your own son and my son a thief. It's not fair," said Mrs.Sandal, with considerable asperity. I call a cat, a cat; and I call our Harry a thief; for I don't know that forcing money from a father is any better than forcing it from a stranger. It is only using a father's love as a pick-lock instead of an iron tool. That's all the difference, Alice; and I don't think the difference is one that helps Harry's case much. |