I should be an ungrateful cur if I thought such a thing." "How's 'The Slummer' getting on ?" asked Warburton good-humouredly.
"Well, I was going to say that I shall have it finished in a few weeks.
If Blackstaffe wants 'The Slummer' he'll have to pay for it.

Of course it must go to the Academy, and of course I shall keep all the rights--unless Blackstaffe makes a really handsome offer.

Why, it ought to be worth five or six hundred to me at least.

And that would start us.

But I don't care even if I only get half that, I shall be married all the same.