76/123 "What kind of sums ?" "You shall never, never find out--not if you were never to speak to me again," Mr.Mitchett replied with extravagant firmness. "Harold's one of my great amusements--I really have awfully few; and if you deprive me of him you'll be a fiend. There are only one or two things I want to live for, but one of them is to see how far Harold will go. Please give me some more tea." "Do you positively swear ?" she asked with intensity as she helped him. Fancy Edward!" she quite austerely threw off. |