"He is not a footman to be sent away at my pleasure.

Tell me in few words what you want." "I want money!" he said, with a very dark frown; "and money, Amelie, I must have." "I can give you none--you have no conscience.

How much have you had already ?" "I have kept no account." he replied; "and really what I have had is not of the least consequence--it is what I have to get." "That will be nothing from me," she replied.

"I gave you a thousand pounds three months ago, and you promised you would ask for no more." "I did not foresee the present necessity," he said.

"Amelie, I must have money." "Count Jules," said Lady Lisle, "you are a villain, who trades upon a woman's fears!" "My charming lady shall call me anything she will, but I must have the money." "I tell you," she replied, angrily, "that I have not got it, nor is it any use asking my lord for it; he was angry the last time, and I shall ask him no more." "Then get it from some other source." "There is no other source open to me," she replied.
The count's face darkened angrily.
"There need not be so many words about it, Lady Lisle.