Hubert told me plainly how matters stood.

For generations the heads of the family have been squandering money.

Freddy is just as bad as the rest, and, moreover, has no head for figures.

He does not know the value of money, never having been in want of it.

But if everything was sold up--and it must be if I marry you and lose the millions--he will be left without an acre of land and only three hundred a year." "Oh, the devil!" Lambert jumped up and began to walk up and down the room with a startled air.