9/29 He could hardly starve if I had five hundred a year. He need not be obliged to emigrate.' 'Has he been offering you the prospect of emigration as an additional inducement ?' 'Oh, no, he does not say that he is very poor, but since you say he is penniless I thought we might be obliged to emigrate. But as I have five hundred a year--' 'You will stay at home, and set up a lodging-house, I suppose,' sneered Lady Maulevrier. We can live in a humble way in some quiet part of London, while Mr.Hammond works at literature or politics. I am not afraid of poverty or trouble, I am willing to endure both for his sake.' 'You are a fool!' said her grandmother sternly. |