"Give it to him," she directed.
This was not as Merle would have wished.

If the money had been earned he was still willing to take care of it, wasn't he?
"A beggarly pittance for what he did," said Gideon Whipple, warmly.
"Wouldn't do it myself for twice the amount, whatever it is," said Sharon.
Very slowly, under the Whipple regard, the Merle twin poured the price of his brother's shame into his brother's cupped hands.

The brother felt religious at this moment.

He remembered seriously those things they told you in Sunday-school--about a power above that watches over us and makes all come right.

There must be something in that talk.
The fiscal transaction was completed.