"I am nothing."
"Then you must be rich."
"It by no means follows. Yesterday I was a teacher in a school. To-day I am what is called out of work."
"A teacher. But I suppose you'll get another place."
"No. I've given it up because I couldn't endure it any longer."
"And how are you going to live?"
"I have no idea."
"Then you must have been very foolish to give away your money like that to-night."
"I don't pretend to much wisdom. If I had had another sovereign in my pocket, no doubt I should have given it you before this, and you wouldn't have refused it."
"How do you know?" she asked sharply. "Why should you think me selfish?"