I never heard.' 'I suppose she and the daughter'll have nothing ?' 'That doesn't follow at all.

Very likely he'd settled something on them, which can't be touched.

A man like that generally does.' 'Poor things!' she said, shuddering.

'But, John--you'll pay it back to Mrs.Morrison ?' 'Of course I shall,' he said, impatiently--'in due time.

But please remember, Phoebe, that's my affair.