You can think of several reasons
yourself. There is me, for instance.
"Very well. You have the money to your credit with the publishers; but
you can't use it yet. I have money that you can just as well use. You
will make an assignment of your royalties to me, all in proper form, to
cover the amount you need. You will pay me the same interest my money is
now earning where it is.
"I will arrange for the money to be sent to you in the form of a
cashier's cheque, payable to the banker, Homer T. Ward, so the name
Brian Kent does not appear before we are ready, you see. You will make
believe to Auntie Sue that the money is from the publishers. You will
send the cheque to Mr. Bank President personally, with a statement
of your indebtedness to him properly itemized, interest figured on
everything. You will instruct him to open an account for you with the
balance. And then--then, Brian, you will give dear Auntie Sue a cheque
for what you owe her, with interest of course. And we will all be so
happy! And--and--don't you think I am a very good managing owner? You
do, don't you?"
When he hesitated, she added: "And the final and biggest reason of all
is, that I want you to do as I have planned more than I ever wanted
anything in the world, except you, and I want this so because I want
you. You can't really refuse, now, can you?"
How, indeed, could he refuse?
So they worked it out together as Betty Jo had planned; and when the
time came for the last and best part of the plan, and Brian confessed to
Auntie Sue how he had robbed her, and had known for so long that she was
aware of his crime against her, and finished his confession by giving
her the cheque, it is safe to say that there was nowhere in all the
world more happiness than in the little log house by the river.
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