You don't seem to know that Dalton is Helen's brother." Charnock laughed.

"Then I've no doubt he knows who I am; his manner ought to have given me a hint.

The situation has a touch of ironical humor, and perhaps the strangest thing is that we should now be better friends than we have been yet.

But what still prevents your going back ?" "Helen's money.

I can't beg from her, after refusing the only thing she has asked." "You're a bit of a fool," Charnock remarked with a grin.