“To get square with you, I mean.�
“I doubt that. She has too much else to think about.�
“What, for example?�
“Well, she is practically penniless, from her point of view—for her requirements are of the extravagant order. She still has an income sufficient to keep an ordinarily large family in comfort, but it is totally inadequate for her wants.â€�
“And she blames you for that, Nick.�
“Possibly, although, as a matter of fact, it is no fault of mine, save that she would by now have been the possessor of the Lynne millions if I had not found those tracks in the snow out at Pleasantglades.�
“So, of course, she attributes all her present misfortunes to you.�
“Likely enough.�
“She has also lost her social position, Nick—which was rather an enviable one. She will be ostracized now by all the people who were overjoyed to receive her before this happened. She will lay that at your door, too.â€�
“I suppose so.�