I should not have been able to give myself this chance, but that my uncle spared me some of his money, to which I added my savings." "Are you badly off ?" the Disagreeable Man asked rather timidly.
"I have very few wants," she answered brightly.

"And wealth is only a relative word, after all." "It is a pity that you should go back to work so soon," he said half to himself.

"You are only just better; and it is easy to lose what one has gained." "Oh, I am not likely to lose," she answered; "but I shall be careful this time.

I shall do a little teaching, and perhaps a little writing: not much--you need not be vexed.

I shall not try to pick up the other threads yet.