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Adam Offers the Inheritance to Kate from "East of Eden". Adam goes to Kate and shows her the letter about Charles's will. He tells her the money is hers, as Charles intended.

Shortly after Charles's death, 1911

Adam Offers the Inheritance to Kate

Adam goes to Kate and shows her the letter about Charles's will. He tells her the money is hers, as Charles intended. Kate is suspicious and cannot understand his honesty. Adam tells her he is not a thief and that he doesn't want her money. This act of integrity confounds Kate and leaves her feeling a strange sense of loss.