They left the smoking-room shortly afterward, and when they strolled back to the others, Vane sat down near Jessy.
"I hear you are going away," she began.
"Yes. I'm going to look for pulping timber."
"But what do you want with pulping timber?"
"It can sometimes be converted into money."
"Isn't there every prospect of your obtaining a good deal already? Are you never satisfied?"
"I suppose I'm open to take as much as I can get."
Vane answered with an air of humorous reflection. "The reason probably is that I've had very little until lately. Still, I don't think it's altogether the money that is driving me."
"If it's the restlessness you once spoke of, you ought to put a check on it and try to be content. There's danger in the longing to be always going on."
"It's a common idea that a small hazard gives a thing a spice."