As to your fortune, I care nothing for it, being quite ready to work in the world with the help of the little I have." She paused as though for an answer, but none came, for if Sir John had been frightened before, now he was terrified of this outraged young woman who, tall, commanding and stern-eyed, looked to him like an avenging angel.
"There doesn't seem much more to say, does there ?" she went on, "except that I think, Father, you had better telegraph to your guests that you are not well and cannot receive them, for I won't.

So good-bye, dearest Godfrey.

I shall remember all that you have said, and you will remember all that I have said, and as I believe, we shall live to meet again one day.

Meanwhile, don't think too bitterly of my father, or of your own, because they have acted according to their natures and lights, though where these will lead them I am sure I do not know.

Good-bye, dearest, dearest Godfrey.