“Then what do you say? Shall we venture?”
“I’m on,” said Arthur, eagerly. “How much does it want?”
“Two hundred a-piece. How much have you got?”
The footman gave him a curious look, and then said drily—
“Nothing at all.”
“Why, you don’t mean to say you’ve spent all we’ve made, Arthur?”
“Every penny. Haven’t you?”
The butler was silent, and frowned; but his companion followed up his question.
“Well, why don’t you answer a fellow?”
“I haven’t exactly spent it, Orthur,” said the butler at last, coughing to clear his voice.