Ought I to ask the little boy ?" "Certainly," said Lord Fawn, as he put a spoonful of egg into his mouth; "certainly." "And Miss Macnulty ?" "No; I don't see that at all.

I'm not going to marry Miss Macnulty.
The child, of course, must be one of us." "And what is the income, Frederic ?" "Four thousand a year.

Something more, nominally, but four thousand to spend." "You are sure about that ?" "Quite sure." "And for ever ?" "I believe so.

Of that I am not sure." "It makes a great difference, Frederic." "A very great difference indeed.

I think it is her own.