Well, let there be an engagement between us; that doesn't mean that there will be a marriage, by any means.

The engagement can drag along three or four years, and then we can break off.

By that time I shall be ready to marry the heiress of the Fairfax millions.

Ah, how much easier it is to scheme for a fortune than to toil for one, as most poor mortals do." The entrance of the manager with the bill for the hundred and twenty-five thousand put an end to his musings and plans for the present.

Mr.Wright emerged from the office ten minutes later with a very troubled expression on his face.