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His inordinate
conceit, wounded by Anna's defection, found comfort in the early
prospect of putting over a big thing. He carried the coal in, to
find Herman gloomily clearing his untidy table. For a moment they
worked in silence, Rudolph at the stove, Herman at the sink.
Then Rudolph washed his hands under the faucet and faced the older
man. "How do you know she bought herself that watch," he demanded.
Herman eyed him.
"Perhaps you gave it to her!" Something like suspicion of Rudolph
crept into his eyes.
"Me? A hundred-dollar watch!"
"How do you know it cost a hundred dollars?"
"I saw it. She tried that story on me, too. But I was too smart
for her. I went to the store and asked. A hundred bucks!"
Herman's lips drew back over his teeth.
"You knew it, eh? And you did not tell me?"
"It wasn't my funeral," said Rudolph coolly. "If you wanted to
believe she bought it herself?"
"If she bought it herself!" Rudolph's shoulder was caught in an
iron grip.


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