What has he been doing ?" "Edith Medcroft, stop sniffling, and don't think of yourself for a while.

It will do you a great deal of good.

Where's your money ?" Ruthlessly she began to rummage Edith's treasure trunk.

The other came to her assistance after a dazed interval.

The family purse came to light.
"I have a little over four thousand crowns," she murmured helplessly.
"Give it me, quick.