“Gone! Don’t your father keep you in change?”
“Yes, but——”
“But what?”
“I let the colonel have my last installment. The 98 poor fellow got into trouble, and I had to help him out.”
“A pretty piece of business! I guess you had better look out for your own people first, if you know what is good for you. Remember, if you don’t come to time you know what will happen. You understand, don’t you?”
“Of course; but I see no way but for you to wait until I get my next installment. You know I can’t get the money until then.”
“The deuce! Do you think I am going to wait that long? Go to your husband! You married him to get the use of his money; you know you did.”
“Yes; but I cannot go to him for that amount.”
“You must! What do you think I’m going to do your thieving work for if I don’t get pay for it? Send Brunswick to the devil. I’ve got into a scrape, too, that nothing but money will get me out of, and you must get it, or by Heaven, I’ll tell your husband all—even about the will.”
“Crisp, don’t you dare to tell him that.”