[The Tempting of Tavernake by E. Phillips Oppenheim]@TWC D-Link bookThe Tempting of Tavernake CHAPTER XVII 21/32
"Beatrice and Elizabeth have quarreled.
Mind you, Beatrice was right." "Then why don't you go to her instead of staying with Elizabeth ?" Tavernake demanded, bluntly. The professor temporarily collapsed.
He drank heavily of the whiskey and soda by his side, and answered gloomily. "My young friend," he said, "Beatrice, when she left us, was penniless. Mind you, Elizabeth is the one with brains.
It is Elizabeth who has the money.
She has a strong will, too.
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