"I hope she has done good, not harm," said Miss Falkner.
"From your standpoint—yes. From mine—I'm not so sure. I was about to yield to persuasion, when she interrupted us, but after her interruption, I—well I altered my mind. What a lot of bother one's memory gives one!"
"Sometimes it does."
Mona moved in her seat restlessly.
"Seven years ago, Miss Falkner, I quarrelled with some one that I liked very much. It was about a certain subject. It is strange that this week the same person and the identical subject have both cropped up again."
"I should say," said Miss Falkner, "that the coincident has occurred for a purpose."
"Yes, I knew you would say that." Then after a pause she said—
"Do you believe that prosperity is good or bad for one?"
"I think if we regard our wealth as a trust it will be good for us," said Miss Falkner.