Then she broke out: "Look here, Diana, you've never been poor in your life, so you don't know what it's like being awfully hard up.

But ever since father died, mother's had a frightful lot of trouble--all of us to keep, and the boys' schooling to pay, and next to nothing to do it on.

Father left everything in a dreadful muddle.

He never had a bit of sense--" Diana made a sudden movement.

Fanny looked at her astonished, expecting her to speak.