GIORDANO BRUNO.—Spaccio.
The consequences of this little scene were manifold.
"Papa," said Violet to her father on the following day, "you have done what I knew you would do, and what I accept as a presage for the future."
"And what is that, my dear?"
"Sent Blanche some money."
"Who told you so?" exclaimed he, greatly surprised.
"I divined it," she answered, with a quiet smile.
"You ... you are mistaken, Violet, ... I send ... I have renounced her."
"Yes, but your heart speaks for her in secret, and in secret you send money. Though I question whether sixty pounds..."
"Fifty," interrupted her father.