And the practical difficulty presented itself to him at the same moment.

"If I could raise money enough to get away, I should go.

But Mr.Plausaby has all of my money and all of Katy's." Isabel was on the point of complaining that Albert should lend to Mr.
Plausaby, but she disliked to take any liberty, even that of reproof.
Ever since she knew that the family had thought of marrying her to Albert, she had been an iceberg to him.

He should not dare to think that she had any care for him.

For the same reason, another reply died unuttered on her lips.