You can afford to do it; I cannot." "Nonsense, if I were as poor as a church mouse I would marry the woman I love." "Very fine sentiments," said Lorraine, "and were I as rich as you I would indulge in them also.

You know, when my father died I had great expectations.

We had always lived in good style, and I never thought for a moment he was not a rich man, but when his estate was settled I found it was greatly involved, and I was forced to face an uncertain future, with scarcely a dollar to call my own.

Land, negroes, cattle, and horses all went under the hammer.

The only thing I retained was the education I received at the North; that was my father's best investment, and all my stock in trade.