What we are now doing, is to take a longer and a quicker stride, that is all.' 'And establishing a new field for the speculator.' 'Yes, and I am one, and this is the matter I wanted to discuss with you, Lady Dunstane,' said Redworth, bending forward, the whole man devoted to the point of business.
She declared she was complimented; she felt the compliment, and trusted her advice might be useful, faintly remarking that she had a woman's head: and 'not less' was implied as much as 'not more,' in order to give strength to her prospective opposition.
All his money, she heard, was down on the railway table.

He might within a year have a tolerable fortune: and, of course, he might be ruined.

He did not expect it; still he fronted the risks.

'And now,' said he, 'I come to you for counsel.

I am not held among my acquaintances to be a marrying man, as it's called.' He paused.