22/23 I'll have no business dealings with women of the Polly Roberts sort. That would be the last I'd ever see of the twenty thousand--" "I never thought you were stingy!" Ruyler, in spite of his tearing anxiety, laughed outright. "Is that your idea of how the indulgent American husband becomes rich ?" "Oh--of course I wouldn't have you lose such a sum. I really have learned the value of money in the abstract, although I can't care for it as much as men do." "I have no great love of money, but there is a certain difference between a miser and a levelheaded business man--" "Price, I must have that money. Polly--oh, I am afraid she will kill herself!" "Not she. |