"How much, Dick?" she asked gently.
"Five--a--"
"More?"
He nodded
"How much more?"
"Twice as much."
"Ten, then?"
He said nothing; he ceased sobbing. Then suddenly he looked up and met her glance.
"Bess," he said, "it's twenty-three thousand!"
She stared at him until her tears had dried. In the silence she could hear her little watch ticking away on the dressing-table. The lights in the room blazed with a fierce glare.