Accept money from _him_! No.

But I will accept it from my dear son,"-- looking at him with a smile--"now that he enjoys the revenues of Verner's Pride." "It was not with money left, or not left, to you, that I was connecting disappointment," answered Lionel.

"There is a worse disappointment in store for us than that, mother." "A worse disappointment!" repeated Lady Verner, looking puzzled.

"You are never to be saddled with the presence of Mrs.Verner at Verner's Pride, until her death!" she hastily added.

A great disappointment, that would have been; a grievous wrong, in the estimation of Lady Verner.
"Mother, dear, Verner's Pride is not mine." "Not yours!" she slowly said.