“What is it, then?”
“Much worse than that. He has lost his entire fortune!”
“You don’t mean it!” ejaculated his wife.
“It can’t be true, papa,” said Imogene.
“It is perfectly true. I had it from Mr. Middleton, and he received the information this very day from Mr. Sharp, the boy’s guardian.”
“But how could he lose it?” asked James.
“By bad investments and the failure of large creditors.”
“Has he lost everything?”
“All but a few hundred dollars.”
“Of course, that alters the case very much,” said Mrs. Davenport. “He is a poor boy now.”