Without a penny, he would be a great man, with a great future; but you are only a pretty little woman with a fortune, who has thought a great lot of herself, and far too much of herself only, when she wrote that letter." "How do you know what is in it ?" There was agony and challenge at once in the other's voice.

"Because I read it--oh, don't look so shocked! I'd do it again.

I knew just how to act when I'd read it.

I steamed it open and closed it up again.

Then I wrote to you.