Twenty or twenty-five pounds, she answered, which she had given to Mason, who required it for housekeeping purposes.

If the girl wants a yard of ribbon for herself, she has not the pence to pay for it! Can you realize such a case to the mind ?" continued the excited peer.

"I will stake my veracity that such a one never occurred yet." "No money for her own personal wants!" exclaimed Mr.Carlyle.
"Not a halfpenny in the world.

And there are no funds, and will be none, that I can see, for her to draw upon." "Quite correct, my lord," nodded Mr.Warburton.

"The entailed estates go to you, and what trifling matter of personal property may be left the creditors will take care of." "I understand East Lynne is yours," cried the earl, turning sharply upon Mr.Carlyle; "Isabel has just said so." "It is," was the reply.