6/13 He wanted to find out from her all she knew about the famly money matters, and settle at once which of the two Griffinses he should marry. In a quarter of an hour, he had, if I may use the igspression, "turned her inside out." He knew everything that she knew; and that, poar creature, was very little. There was nine thousand a year, she had heard say, in money, in houses, in banks in Injar, and what not. Boath the ladies signed papers for selling or buying, and the money seemed equilly divided betwigst them. He, without a penny, could nex morning, if he liked, be master of five thousand per hannum! Yes. |