"You could not find two more influential people than Sir Philip and the Colonel.

I asked--" but Lord Tancred interrupted him.
"I don't care a farthing more about Canada!" he flashed out.

"I have made up my mind.

If you really meant what you said to-day, I will marry your niece, and I don't care whether she has a penny or no." The financier's plans had indeed culminated with a rush! But he expressed no surprise, merely raised his eyebrows mildly and puffed some blue rings of smoke, as he answered: "I always mean what I say, only I do not care for people to do things blindly.

Now that you have seen my niece are you sure she would suit you?
I thought, after all, perhaps not, to-night: she is certainly a difficult person.