Well, then, what did he do?
He persuaded me to put it all--the whole one hundred and fifty thousand--into his horrid debt.

Oh! wasn't it mean, Mr.Martin ?" The President had certainly combined business and pleasure in this matter.
"Disgraceful!" I remarked.
"And if that goes, I am penniless--penniless.

And there's poor aunt.
What will she do ?" "Never mind your aunt," said the colonel, rather rudely.

"Well," he went on, "you see we're in the same boat with you, Martin." "Yes; and we shall soon be in the same deep water," said I.
"Not at all!" said the colonel.
"Not at all!" echoed the signorina.
"Why, what on earth are you going to do ?" "Financial probity is the backbone of a country," said the colonel.
"Are we to stand by and see Aureataland enter on the shameful path of repudiation ?" "Never!" cried the signorina, leaping up with sparkling eyes.

"Never!" She looked enchanting.