“The money?”
“Perhaps I should have said the woman.”
“The woman? the money? Ah, that brings us round again in the same circle that we traversed yesterday, and the day before. I begin to perceive.”
“I had hope that you would—in time.”
“I shouldn’t wonder if we heard the Banshee after dark,” said the Third.
“You are facing things boldly, my dear Harold,” said Edmund.
“What’s the use of doing anything else?” inquired Harold. “You know how I am situated.”
“I know your father.”
“That is enough. He writes to me that he finds it impossible to continue my allowance on its present scale. His expenses are daily increasing, he says. I believe him.”
“Too many people believe in him,” said Edmund. “I have never been among them.”