"Have you any choice ?" "No, I have no choice," Louise told him.

"I bring with me a cheque,--see, I give it to you,--it is for six thousand pounds.

I would like to buy some stocks with this, and to know the names so that I may watch them in the paper.

I like to see whether they go up or down, but I do not wish to risk their going down too much.

It is something like gambling but it is no trouble." "Your money shall be spent in a few minutes, Mademoiselle," Laverick assured her, "and I think I can promise you that for a week or two, at any rate, your stocks will go up.