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As far as I care, you can go nail it on a door. (Henry and Emma start to exit) No, hold on, I ’ll pay it.

You will!

Yes, I don’t know as it would do me much good at the bank, havin’ a brother of mine in the poorhouse.

[Ben laughs as Henry and Emma exit.

Well, Ben? “Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.”

(down to stove)

Depends on the head. Mine ’s thick, I guess. Anyhow, none of them is going to bother it. I ’m boss here now.

You ’ll find a copy here of the inventory of the estate, and other legal papers. Everything is in order.

And my accounts, Ben; you ’ll find the exact amount your mother left. I spent some money about six weeks ago, on myself, but I ’ve been careful ever since and I ’ve made up for it.

You said, Judge, she did n’t have to go by that letter of my mother’s, if she didn’t want to? She did n’t have to give anything back at all?

No, she did n’t.

Then if I was you—(to Jane) I would n’t talk so