4/36 "He is not saving anything; he never did, and never will save, though he is so stingy to me. He _is_ hard pushed for money, I know that." "Then where has it gone ?" said the Countess de Courcy, with a look of stern decision. I must of course have a few hundred pounds. You should have heard how he groaned when I asked him for it. Heaven only knows where the money goes!" And the injured wife wiped a piteous tear from her eye with her fine dress cambric handkerchief. |