[READY-MONEY.]
'So you are going to be married, Kate? Well, I hope you have made a wise choice.'
'O yes, uncle,' I replied lightly; 'I know I have. Henry is to make me perfectly happy.'
'What has he got?' was the next pleasant observation that fell from Uncle Jocelyn's lips.
'Got? uncle! I don't know what you mean,' I answered, growing rosy red at the unexpected inquiry.
'What are his means? What does he intend to settle upon you?'
'He has his business,' promptly interrupted my mother.
'And he is so clever, he is sure to get on,' I added, in my eagerness to assure Uncle Jocelyn it was all right as regarded my future.
'That will depend a great deal upon you, Kate,' he replied gravely. 'The wife has more to do in making or marring her husband than is generally suspected. A careless, extravagant, bad wife is the greatest curse a man can have; a good one is the greatest blessing.'