"No," said Sandal, "my money—"
"Oh, bother your money. One would think you were a Jew. I'll see that Hay pays it back. He's going to marry this Krill girl, and she's able to supply the cash."
"But the girl shouldn't be allowed to marry Hay," said Tempest.
"Don't you burn your fingers with other people's fire," said Aurora, sharply. "This girl's in love with him and will marry him in spite of everything. But I don't care a cent for that. It's myself I'm thinking of. If I get your money back, Sandal, will you hold your tongue?"
Lord George, thinking of what his noble father would say were he involved in a card scandal connected with an actress, thought it just as well to agree. "Yes," said he, hesitatingly, "I'll not say a word, if you get the money back. But don't you let Hay speak to me again in public or I'll kick him."
"That's your affair and his," said Aurora, delighted at having gained her point; "but you hold your tongue, and you, Tempest?"
"I'll not say a word either," said the young man, with a shrug, "though I don't see why you should save this blackguard's reputation."
"It's my own I'm thinking of, so don't you make any mistake. And now I have both your promises?"
"Yes," said Sandal and Tempest, thinking it best to hush the matter up; "but Hay—"