Then the sense of my helplessness overpowered me for the first time since my father's death.

I burst into a violent flood of tears.

An hour later Richard Scott was with me.
"'Susie,' he said, 'promise to accept what I am going to offer.' "I promised him.
"'Well,' said he, 'on the single condition that my father shall know nothing about it, I place at your disposal the necessary sum.' "'But then you ought to know what the lawsuit is--what it is worth.' "'I do not know a single word about it, and I do not wish to.

Besides, you have promised to accept it; you can not withdraw now.' "I accepted.

Three months after the case was ours.