"It is only because I do not want to be the means of your losing that money, if you want it. Do you?"
"Indeed I do. Anybody would be glad to have twenty thousand a year," he replied.
"So much as that? Then, of course, I must not be the cause of your losing it," said Leonora, gravely.
"Then you will go with me?" he cried, with quite a load lifted from his mind by her unexpected concession.
"Ye-es. I suppose I shall have to go," she answered.
"A thousand thanks. I thought you would relent," he said. "And will you be ready to sail with me to-morrow?"
"Oh, yes, quite ready. My trunks have been packed several weeks, and I have been only waiting for you to come," she answered, promptly.
And then she slipped her small hand into the folds of her dress and drew out a netted silk purse, through whose meshes he caught the glitter of gold pieces. She counted out a number of shining coins into his hand with quite a business-like air.
"That is the price of my ticket. Will you please buy it for me? I will have my luggage sent down all right," she said.