Suppose Hilma was indeed all that she appeared to be.

Suppose it was not with her a question of his property, after all; it was a poor time to think of marrying him for his property when all Quien Sabe hung in the issue of the next few months.
Suppose she had been sincere.

But he caught himself up.

Was he to be fooled by a feemale girl at this late date?
He, Buck Annixter, crafty, hard-headed, a man of affairs?
Not much.

Whatever transpired he would remain the master.
He reached Quien Sabe in this frame of mind.