"If a
dynamite bomb would blow in the walls of that exclusive Back Bay set,
they'd use one. And now it turns out this girl's right in the
swim------I thought you said she was a picture actress?"
"I thought she was," stammered Lawford.
"Bah! You thought? You never thought a thing in your life of any
consequence."
The young man was silent at this thrust. His silence made I. Tapp even
angrier.
"But it makes no difference--no difference at all, I tell you. If she
was the queen of Sheba I'd say the same," went on the candy
manufacturer wildly. "I've said you shall marry Dorothy Johnson--I've
always meant you should; and marry her you shall!"
"No, dad, I'm not going to do any such thing."
Suddenly the Taffy King quieted down. He struggled to control his
voice and his shaking hands. A deadly calm mantled his excitement and
his eyes glittered as he gazed up at his tall son.
"Is this a straight answer, Lawford? Or are you just talking to hear
yourself talk?" he asked coldly.
"I am determined not to marry Dot.
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