I know I must, if I mean to remain here afterwards.
I would rather go at once and be done with it." He still spoke uncertainly, as if struggling with some violent hoarseness in his throat.
"Tell me why you must go," she said imperiously.

Claudius hesitated a moment.
"I will tell you one of the principal reasons of my going," he said.
"You know I came here to take possession of my fortune, and I very naturally relied upon doing so.

Obviously, if I do not obtain it I cannot continue to live in the way I am now doing, on the slender resources which have been enough for me until now." "Et puis ?" said the Countess, raising her eyebrows a little.
"Et puis," continued the Doctor, "these legal gentlemen find difficulty in persuading themselves that I am myself--that I am really the nephew of Gustavus Lindstrand, deceased." "What nonsense!" exclaimed Margaret.

"And so to please them you are going away.

And who will get your money, pray ?" "I will get it," answered Claudius, "for I will come back as soon as I have obtained the necessary proofs of my identity from Heidelberg." "I never heard of anything so ridiculous," said Margaret hotly.