“Yes, my beloved.”
“But your vast wealth?”
“A fond imagination of yours.”
“And your rich Mississippi plantation?”
“A blasted wilderness.”
“Oh, Cleve! Cleve! How have we lived?”
“By the gradual disposal of all my useless effects.”
“Oh, Cleve! Cleve!”
“The last dime was spent on Saturday, dear, and this morning I looked for nothing else but a distrain for rent and ejection from these premises.”
“And you never told me! You never told me!”