"I am as anxious as yourself to get everything settled.

You will admit that it is rather hard lines on a man who can lay his hands upon a quarter of a million of money, to have a gentleman like yourself upon his trail, and, instead of being able to enjoy himself, to be compelled to remain continually in hiding.

I am an individual who likes to make the most of his life.

I also enjoy the society of my fellow-men." "May we not substitute 'woman' ?" I asked.

"I am afraid your quarter of a million would not last very long if you had much to do with Mademoiselle Beaumarais." "So you have heard of her, have you ?" he answered.