"I refused." "Why ?" Cartwright asked, looking at him hard.
Lister hesitated, "For one thing, I didn't know the sum.

Then I knew her wages were not high.

You ought to see I couldn't take the money." "You ought to have taken the money, for the girl's sake." "Oh," said Lister, "I think she knew I didn't refuse because I wanted her to feel she owed me something." "It's possible she did know," said Cartwright dryly.

"You must try to remember the sum when you come again.

Now I want the name of the shop at Montreal." Lister told him and added: "You mean to write to Miss Hyslop ?" Cartwright smiled.