THE FIDDLER Tim had listened carelessly to the conversation until now, when he said listlessly: "Don't think us all criminals, for we're not.

In my own case I did nothing to deserve exile except that I annoyed my elder brother by becoming more popular with our social set than he was.

He had all the property and I was penniless, so he got rid of me by threatening to cut off my allowance unless I went to America and stayed there." "And you accepted such a condition ?" cried Patsy, scornfully.

"Why were you not independent enough to earn your own living ?" He shrugged his shoulders, yet seemed amused.
"I simply couldn't," said he.

"I was not educated to work, you know, and to do so at home would be to disgrace my noble family.