"I have such ambitions as a poor man may have."
"A poor man is entitled to have the same ambitions as a rich one--if he is strong enough. I was poor once upon a time. I did not allow my poverty to hamper my ambition. What do you think of the programme which I have drawn up for Dora's husband?"
"I think it an alluring one."
"For a strong man it has possibilities. You may take it from me that, properly backed, you are strong enough to be able to say, with truth, that few things are beyond your reach."
"I think myself that, given the opportunity, I might find the man."
"I think so too. You shall have the opportunity. You have heard on what conditions. That is what I wanted to say to you. We shall see you at Cockington at the end of the week. Perhaps, before you leave us, you may have something to say to me."
"I trust, sir, that I may have something to say to you that will be pleasant to us both."
CHAPTER XIII.
[AN AFTERNOON CALL.]
"You're sleeping it out. Are you going to lie in bed all day?"