“Go on, Papa, with what you were saying,” Oletha prompted him.
With a start his eyes came back to her and he said,
“There is no need for me to remind you that, while your mother and I were well off when we first married, it was not until five years ago when your American grandfather’s oil wells were discovered that we became really wealthy.”
“I well remember the excitement when the letter came telling you that Mama was now a multi-millionairess,” Oletha said, “and yet, after the first excitement was over, it seemed to make very little difference to our lives.”
“That is true,” her father agreed. “You see, Oletha, we had everything we wanted, each other and you, our very adorable daughter. So the only thing we really spent your mother’s fortune on, apart from putting in a number of bathr
