"
This bit of sarcasm did not pass; my cousin laughed again that merry
laugh of his.
"I think we shall become great friends," he said. "I like frankness."
"My remark in its literal sense was the antithesis of frankness."
"Ah, you said too much not to be frank. Frankness is one of the
reasons why I do not get on well with the women. I can't lie in the
right place, and when I do it is generally ten times worse than the
plain truth."
"You're a man of the world, I see."
"No, merely a spectator."
"Well, you have the price of admission; with me it's a free pass. Some
day we will compare notes."
"Who is your banker?"
"Banker? I have none. I distrust banks. They take your mite and
invest it in what-nots, and sometimes when you go for it, it is not
there."
"And then again it multiplies so quickly that you have more than you
know what to do with; eh?"
"As to that I cannot say. It is hearsay, rumor; so far as I know it
may be so. Experience has any number of teachers; the trouble is, we
cannot study under them all. Necessity has been my principal
instructor.
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