"Had what—Sun and Moon!"
"Why, sent you to prison."
"Well, we should have had to wait ten years, that's all. After that, we should have been worth, with interest added to the capital, five hundred and sixty thousand dollars."
"Sir! Can you suppose that I would ever marry a robber, a wretched robber?"
"Never! But it is different where one robs for the sake of principle."
"Y—yes, that is true; I forgot that. I think that principle is a great thing. Don't you?"
"Exceedingly great."
In the spring the face-walls and the lawns and the kiosks went forward according to the original design, and the actuary frequently brought his city friends, directors and all, down to look at them.
THE END