It is hard even to make love in these days without something in your purse.
He found no cab, but in his present frame of mind was indifferent to the trouble of walking home.

There was something so joyous in the feeling of the possession of all this money that it made the night air pleasant to him.

Then, of a sudden, he remembered the low wail with which his mother had spoken of her poverty when he demanded assistance from her.

Now he could give her back the L20.

But it occurred to him sharply, with an amount of carefulness quite new to him, that it would be foolish to do so.