Father's Doubts

When you combine a substantial financial legacy, a vulnerable daughter, a greedy lawyer wanting to marry her, and a suspicious father, there's sure to be trouble. Bert felt that this bid for his daughter's hand was based, not on love, but on hunger for the inheritance that would pass to Pearl upon her father's death. He expected that when he was gone his daughter would have her estate snatched from her by legal trickery, leaving her defenceless and disposable. Right now, she seemed bedazzled by infatuation and showed no sign of sensing danger. Smart and educated, but in her innocence, she had hastily accepted Tanzig's proposal. A father knows when steps must be taken, whatever the law might think.