Финансист

Chapter XLVI

           

           "Ye’reascoundrel,"saidButler,seeingthroughhismotivesquiteclearly."Ye’reasharper,tomywayofthinkin’,andit’snochildofmineIwantconnectedwithye.I’mnotsayin’,seein’thatthingsareastheyare,thatifyewereafreemanitwouldn’tbebetterthatsheshouldmarryye.It’stheonedacentthingyecoulddoifyewould,whichIdoubt.Butthat’snaytherherenortherenow.Whatcanyewantwithherhidawaysomewhere?Yecan’tmarryher.Yecan’tgetadivorce.Ye’vegotyourhandsfullfightin’yourlawsuitsandkapin’yourselfoutofjail.She’llonlybeanaddedexpensetoye,andye’llbewantin’allthemoneyyehaveforotherthings,I’mthinkin’.Whyshouldyewanttobetakin’herawayfromadacenthomeandmakin’somethingoutofherthatye’dbeashamedtomarryifyoucould?Thelaistyecoulddo,ifyewereanykindofamanatall,andhadanyofthatthingthatye’replasedtocalllove,wouldbetolaveherathomeandkeepherasrespectableaspossible.Mindye,I’mnotthinkin’sheisn’ttenthousandtimestoogoodforye,whateverye’vemadeofher.Butifyehadanysinseofdacencyleft,yewouldn’tlethershameherfamilyandbreakheroldmother’sheart,andthatfornopurposeexcepttomakeherworsethansheisalready.Whatgoodcanyegetoutofit,now?Whatgoodcanyeexpecttocomeofit?Behivins,ifyehadanysinseatallIshouldthinkyecouldseethatforyerself.

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