I must have a few thousand pounds and get away." The Princess nodded.
"We will go and talk to De Brensault," she said.

"I should think he would be just in the frame of mind to consent to anything." The Duke, who was well acquainted with the house in which they were, led Jeanne into a small retiring room and found her an easy chair.
"My dear young lady," he said, "I hope you will not be disappointed, but I have not danced for ten years.

I brought you here because I wanted to say something to you." Jeanne looked up at him a little surprised.
"Something to me ?" she repeated.
He bowed.
"Andrew de la Borne is one of my oldest and best friends," he said, "and what I am going to say to you is a little for his sake, although I am sure that if I knew you better I should say it also for your own.
You must not be annoyed or offended, because I am old enough to be your father, and what I say I say altogether for your own good.

They tell me that you are a young lady with a great fortune, and you know that nowadays half the evil that is done in the world is done for the sake of money.

Frankly, without wishing to say a word against your stepmother, I consider that for a young girl you are placed in a very difficult and dangerous position.