[The Secret Passage by Fergus Hume]@TWC D-Link bookThe Secret Passage CHAPTER XV 27/36
Only of late years did I recognize Maraquito when she came to me for assistance.
Her father died and she had no money. I helped her to pay for her dancing--" "Oh," said Jennings, recalling the false money, "you paid." "Have you anything to say on that point ?" she asked haughtily. "No! No! I merely congratulate you on your generosity." "I could not allow my own niece to starve.
I helped her, and then she met with the accident.
After that--" "You assisted her to start this gambling-house." "By no means.
Mr.Hale found the money for that.
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