I cannot for my part account for that scheme of his.
I half suspect that his wealth flows from a bad source, since he is so studious of concealing it." "Perhaps, after all," said the lady, "you are mistaken as to his wealth." "Impossible," exclaimed the other.

"Mark how he lives.

Have I not seen his bank-account?
His deposits, since he has been here, amount to no less than half a million." "Heaven grant that it be so!" said the lady, with a sigh.

"I shall think with less aversion of your scheme.

If poor Tom's fortune be made, and he not the worse, or but little the worse on that account, I shall think it on the whole best." "That," replied he, "is what reconciles me to the scheme.