"Oh, why did you do it?
Why did you do it ?" For an instant her tone and her manner daunted him; then he straightened his body and raised his head.
"I did it for what is reckoned the most sordid motive in the world," he said, in a level voice.

"I did it for money!" "For money ?" With a scared movement she turned upon him, and for the first time since he had made his revelation, he saw her pale, alarmed, incredulous face in the full light of the fire.
"I was wronged!" he said, sharply.

"These people had defrauded me.

I wanted what was justly mine." "Wanted ?" The word formed itself almost inarticulately.
"Yes; wanted.

Wanted with all my might.