I have put him into several very good things on the coast, and it is in my power to get him into this new scheme.

It is a big thing; he would be a rich man in no time." He rose from his seat and deliberately crossed the room to the sofa where she had sat down, where he reclined, with one arm stretched out along the back of it towards her.

In his other hand he held his riding-whip, with which he began to stroke the skirt of her dress, which reached along the floor almost to his feet.
"Would you like him to be in it ?" he asked, with a meaning glance beneath his lashes.

"It is a pity to throw away a good chance; his position is not so very secure, you know." She gave a strange little hunted glance round the room.

She was wedged into a corner, and could not rise without incurring the risk of his saying something she did not wish to hear.