You've made a gallant gentleman's show to the end--until I come, in a perfectly brutal way, and try to upset it.

Tell me--I'm old enough to be your mother, and you must know by this time that I'm your friend--have you any resources at all--beyond-- ?" She made ever so slight a motion of her hand toward the hidden pawn ticket.
"No," said Paul, with his sure tact and swiftly working imagination.

"I had just come to an end of them.

It's a silly story of losses and what-not--I needn't bother you with it.

I thought I would walk to London, with the traditional half-crown in my pocket"-- he flashed a wistful smile--"and seek my fortune.