I had prospects, it is true, but I didn't know but Colton had arranged his will so as to prevent my using his money; and I had reason to fear that my wife was in touch with him,' "'Has she been to see you ?' the reporter asked.
"'That's rather an impertinent question,' Brooks replied, 'but I may as well confess everything.

We haven't been getting along very well together.

No, she hasn't been to see me.

Not one of my friends has called.

There, gentlemen, I have told you everything.'" When the last word of the interview had been pronounced, Witherspoon grunted and lay back with his hands clasped under his head.
"What do you think of it ?" Henry asked.
"There's hardly any room for thinking." But he did think, and a few moments later he said: "Of all the cold-blooded scoundrels I ever heard of, he takes the lead.