Allow me to--to express my pleasure--" "It does not add to mine," said she, half-sighing.

"Jane Cardigan always told me riches brought many cares.

Poor Jane! I wish I could go back to her--but that is impossible!" A silence here intervened, which it was necessary some one should break.
"So much good can be done with a large fortune," I said.
"Yes.

I know not if mine is very large; indeed, I never understood money matters, but have merely believed what--what I was told.

However, be my fortune much or little, I will try to use it well." "I am sure you will." John said nothing; but his eyes, sad indeed, yet lit with a proud tenderness, rested upon her as she spoke.