25/36 The Lord knows there's no need for any mortal man to keep anything he doesn't want--unless it's taxes, or a quick consumption, or a wife and children. And as for those last, there doesn't seem to be much need of that lately. I have never seen the time since I came into the world when it was quite so hard to get things, or quite so easy to get rid of them, as it is now. Say the word, Henry, and I'll draw up the deed of gift." Henry looked confused. His eyes fell before the lawyer's sarcastic glance. |