She fancied that there were men in Canada who would not have been deterred by her money had they wished to marry her, and, for that matter, one or two in England had delicately permitted the fact to become apparent.

In the meanwhile she had decided that he should have his wish.

It would perhaps be possible to offer support in some shape later on, if it became apparent that he was badly beaten.
"I suppose it is not a very easy matter to dispose of an undeveloped mine ?" she inquired.
Weston smiled rather dryly.
"It can be done without much trouble if you're content to give the thing away, but it's rather different if you wish to sell it.

In fact, until the last week I'd no idea how hard the latter was." "Then you have been here a week ?" There was a hint of reproach in her tone, and Weston, who understood her to mean that she was a little astonished that he had not presented himself earlier, realized that here was an opportunity that he might have profited by had he only succeeded in selling the mine.

As it was, he let it pass, for he felt that if once he let himself go he would probably say a good deal more than was advisable.
"Yes," he said, with a laugh.