"I don't know that, when I came here, I expected to cause you any particularly agreeable sensation.

I confess, when a woman has not seen her beloved husband for three years, one might expect her to show a little feeling--" "I will do what I can for you, Walter," said his wife, whose unnatural calm was fast yielding to an overpowering agitation.
"Then give me fifty pounds and tell me the nearest way east," answered the convict savagely.
"I have not got fifty pounds in the house," protested Mary Goddard, in some alarm.

"I never keep much money--I can get it for you--" "I have a great mind to look," returned her husband suspiciously.

"How soon can you get it ?" "To-morrow night--the time to get a cheque cashed--" "So you keep a banker's account ?" "Of course.

But a cheque would be of no use to you--I wish it were!" "Naturally you do.