After all, Jerry, I am his wife.

No one liked my marrying him, but I am his wife.
I have a right to a share of his property if he is dead.

If he has deserted me, surely I shall be allowed something.

I do not even know how rich he was." The man at her side smiled.
"Much better off than I ever was," he declared.

"But, Elizabeth!" "Well ?" "There were rumors that, before you left New York, Wenham converted very large sums of money into letters of credit and bonds, very large sums indeed." She shook her head.