"You won't let me help you?
Suppose I do lose the money--I didn't earn it; it was earned by Palass Poucette, and he'd understand, if he knew.

I can live without the money, if I have to, but you would pay it back, I know.

You oughtn't to take any extra risks.

If your daughter should come back and not find you here, if she returned to the Manor Cartier, and--" He made an insistent gesture.

"Hush! Be still, my friend--as good a friend as a man could have.