"I should
like to remain in England until I can save enough money out of the
king's allowance to pay the debt against my father's estate, so that I
may be able to go away and feel that my brother and sisters are secure
in their home--my brother is not strong--but I know it is better for
me to go now, and I hope to find the money out there. I could have
paid it with what I lost to Judson before I discovered him cheating."
This was the first time he had ever alluded to the duel, and the
thought of it, in Mary's mind, added a faint touch of fear to her
feeling toward him.
She looked up with a light in her eyes and asked: "What is the debt?
How much? Let me give you the money. I have so much more than I need.
Let me pay it. Please tell me how much it is and I will hand it to
you. You can come to my rooms and get it or I will send it to you. Now
tell me that I may. Quickly." And she was alive with enthusiastic
interest.
"There now! you are kind again; as kind as even you can be. Be sure, I
thank you, though I say it only once," and he looked into her eyes
with a gaze she could not stand even for an instant.
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