[The Wrecker by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne]@TWC D-Link bookThe Wrecker CHAPTER XVIII 33/33
Here, Mamie," I continued, opening the bedroom door, "come out and make it up with me, and go and kiss your husband; and I'll tell you what, after the supper, let's go to some place where there's a band, and I'll waltz with you till sunrise." "What does it all mean ?" cried Jim. "It means we have a champagne supper to-night, and all go to Napa Valley or to Monterey to-morrow," said I."Mamie, go and get your things on; and you, Jim, sit down right where you are, take a sheet of paper, and tell Franklin Dodge to go to Texas.
Mamie, you were right, my dear; I was rich all the time, and didn't know it.".
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