At the same time you would gain a charming wife." "Yes, there are a good many girls about who might make charming wives," his son remarked dubiously.

"No matrimony for me yet awhile." "But it is absolutely necessary," his father urged.
"A very fine necessity," Ezra broke in savagely.

"I am to tie myself up for life and you are to use all the money in rectifying your blunders.
It's a very pretty division of labour, is that." "The business is yours as well as mine.

It is your interest to invest the money in it, for if it fails you are as completely ruined as I should be.

You think you could win her if you tried ?" Ezra stroked his dark moustache complacently, and took a momentary glance at his own bold handsome features in the mirror above the fire-place.