All his money, save the small income from the trust fund established by his mother, is likewise sunk in the enterprise.

I induced him to invest, I'm really responsible for the predicament in which he'll find himself.
Don't you see," he added pleadingly, "if you leave him now it will take on the aspect of desertion.

People will say that your brother ruined him and then you threw him over.

While if you wait until after my marriage, I shall be in a position to settle with him in full and still have enough to look after you." For several minutes she remained mute, evidently digesting his words.
"And would you marry without letting her know that you are ruined ?" she inquired in quivering tones.

"Would you try to rehabilitate yourself with her fortune?
Do you think it fair ?" The words cut like saber thrusts.