I lit a cigarette and didn’t say anything for quite a while. She was watching me anxiously. “Well?” she asked.
I said, “Okay, sister. I’ll have to get some money. I haven’t enough with me.”
“But you can get it?”
“Of course.”
“From Ashbury?”
“Yes.”
“When can you have it?”
“As soon as Ashbury gets back. He’s up north on a mining deal.”
“He was up with you?”
“Yes.”