Moreover, she has just been introduced in our set, and knows nothing of your shady past history.
Even if rumors came to her ears, young creatures of her sort often find a subtle charm in a man accused of being 'naughty.'" "Humph!" "If you win her, you get a wife easily managed and a splendid fortune to squander as you please." "Sounds interesting, Di, doesn't it?
But--" "In regard to preliminary expenses," she interrupted, calmly, "I have said that your reward will be ample when you have won the game.

But meantime I am willing to invest the necessary funds in the enterprise.

I will allow you a thousand a month." "Bah! that's nothing at all!" said he, contemptuously, as he flicked the ashes from his cigarette.
"What do you demand, then ?" "Five hundred a week, in advance.

It's an expensive job, Di." "Very well; I will give you five hundred a week; but only as long as you work earnestly to carry out the plot.

I shall watch you, Charlie.