JUST TO BUY YOURSELF ANY LITTLE THING YOU FANCY, DEAREST.

IF I CHOSE A GIFT, I MIGHT SEND WHAT WOULD NOT BE ACCEPTABLE TO YOU.

Yes, sure enough, that was it--little Polly had been in straits for money: the next news he heard was that she had bought and was stitching her wedding-gown.

Taxed with her need, Polly guiltily admitted that her salary for the past three months was owing to her.

But there had been great expenses in connection with the hotel; and Mr.B.had had an accident to his leg.
From what she wrote, though, Mahony saw that it was not the first time such remissness had occurred; and he felt grimly indignant with her employers.