"Too old for what?"
"Oh, for anything interesting."
"What do you mean by 'interesting'?"
But Lord Dankmere apparently did not know what he did mean for he made no answer.
After a little while he said: "Wouldn't it be odd if I ever have income enough to pay off my debts?"
"What?"
He repeated the observation.
"I don't know what you mean. You naturally expect to pay them, don't you?"
"I saw no chance of doing so before Mr. Quarren took hold of these pictures."
She was sorry for him: