“You have resources?” repeated the lawyer doubtfully; “and the boy?”
“Shares whatever I have,” answered Clemence.
“Perhaps a partial sacrifice,” began Mr. Mark, but the lady interrupted him.
“All—all—I will give up all!”
“Not without reflection, dear madam, not on the impulse of the moment, not without consulting your friends.”
“I consult you, the friend and adviser of my husband. Would not the act be a just one?”
“Just, perhaps, but—” and he paused.
“I have also consulted another friend, one who has been to me as a father—the Reverend Mr. Gray of Stoneby.”
“And he advises this step?”
“I have not yet had time to receive his reply.”