"
"But I can't deal with you on that basis. It's even difficult to be
friends on that basis--and certainly impossible to be partners."
"I never suggested that we should be partners over the money," Beaumaroy
put in quickly.
"No. But I'm suggesting now--as you did before--that we should be
partners--in a secret, in Mr. Saffron's secret." She smiled again as she
added, "You can manage it all, I know, if you like. I've unlimited
confidence in your ingenuity--quite unlimited."
"But none at all in my honesty?"
"You've got an honesty; but I don't call it a really honest honesty."
"All this leads up to--the Radbolts!" declared Beaumaroy with & gesture
of disgust.
"It does. I want your word of honor--given to a friend--that all that
money--all of it--goes to the Radbolts, if it legally belongs to them. I
want that in exchange for the certificate."
"A hard bargain! It isn't so much that I want the money--though I must
remark that in my judgment I have a strong claim to it; I would say a
moral claim but for my deference to your views, Doctor Mary. But it isn't
mainly that.
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