Perhaps--" "Cousin," said Lotty eagerly, "please give him a check for a hundred pounds.

Make it a hundred.

You said everything was mine.

No, Joe, I won't hear a word about repayment, as if a little thing like fifty pounds, or a hundred pounds, should want to be repaid! As if you and I could ever talk about repayment!" Clara did as she was asked readily and eagerly.

Then Joe departed, promising to call and say farewell before he left England, and resolving that in his next visit--his last visit--there should be another check.