“Well, then,—you have the scale of my expenditure at once.”
“Not your whole income?” exclaimed Kennyfeck, astonished.
“Even so. I see no earthly reason for hoarding. I do not find that squandering money is any very high enjoyment; I am certain scraping and saving it would afford me still less pleasure.”
“But there are always casualties demanding extraordinary expense,—a contested election, for instance.”
“I 'll not try it,—I don't intend to enter Parliament.”
“When you marry—”
“Perhaps I shall not do that either.”
“Well, sums lost at play,—the turf has pressed on many a strong pocket.”
“Play has no fascination for me; I can give it up: I may almost say I have done so.”
“Not without paying a heavy penalty, however,” said Kennyfeck, whose animation showed that he had at last approached the territory he was so long in search of.