It's got nothing to do with Father at all.' 'But Mr Racksole is extremely wealthy ?' 'Wealthy isn't the word, Count.

There is no word.

It's positively awful the amount of dollars poor Papa makes.

And the worst of it is he can't help it.
He told me once that when a man had made ten millions no power on earth could stop those ten millions from growing into twenty.

And so it continues.
I spend what I can, but I can't come near coping with it; and of course Papa is no use whatever at spending.' 'And you have no mother ?' 'Who told you I had no mother ?' she asked quietly.
'I--er--inquired about you,' he said, with equal candour and humility.
'In spite of the fact that you never hoped to see me again ?' 'Yes, in spite of that.' 'How funny!' she said, and lapsed into a meditative silence.
'Yours must be a wonderful existence,' said the Prince.