"Perhaps," suggested Nancy, dimpling, "she could not stand the idea of the way the fellow treated his family."
"Well, never mind," said Aldo. "She's done with."
But she wasn't.
At four o'clock Aldo, Nancy, Anne-Marie, and the doll went out, and down to the square in front of the Casino. Nancy and the child sat on a bench facing the Casino, and Aldo went in to get the viatique. He came out a few minutes later looking flushed and angry.
"The canailles! The thieves! The robbers!"
"What is it?" said Nancy.
"They have given me one hundred and fifty francs!" and he held out the three fifty-franc notes contemptuously.
"A hundred—and—fifty francs!" gasped Nancy.
"Nancy, there is only one thing to do," said Aldo. "Go in and play them. Plank them down on a number, and if they go, let them go, and be done with."