In admitting her, he had taken it for granted that she could come with but one purpose.

It was but the confirmation of the certain hope in which he had lived through the night.

Was the girl a simpleton?
Had she got it into her head that repayment in this way discharged his hold upon her father?
It was possible; women are so ludicrously ignorant of affairs.
He smiled, though darkly.
'Why have you brought this money ?' he asked.
She was already moving nearer to the door.

He put himself in her way.
'What good do you imagine this is ?' 'None, perhaps.

I pay it because I wish to.' 'And--is it your notion that this puts your father straight?
Do you think this is a way out of his difficulty ?' 'I have not thought that.