13/22 And you were worth buying." "You have no right to talk of me as though I had been bought." The young man gasped. "But you said--" "Oh, what does it matter what I said. I am going to marry you on three hundred a year, so there it is. I suppose when Bolton returns, my father will be glad to see the back of me, and then will go to Egypt with Sidney to explore this secret tomb he is always talking about." "That expedition will require more than a thousand pounds," said Archie dryly. "The Professor explained the obstacles to me. |