"That is my case at any rate, and what I want to know now is if I have your support in my suit.

Remember, I have something to offer, Haswell, for instance, a large fortune of which I will settle half--it is a good thing to do in our business,--and a baronetcy that will be a peerage before long." "A peerage! Have you squared that ?" "I think so.

There will be a General Election within the next three months, and on such occasions a couple of hundred thousand in cool cash come in useful to a Party that is short of ready money.

I think I may say that it is settled.

She will be the Lady Aylward, or any other name she may fancy, and one of the richest women in England.