"It nearly took my breath away.

And then Lady Caryl arrived, and I showed it to her.

And she said that the story of his ruin was false, that she thought he himself had invented it for a special reason that had ceased to exist.

And she said that she thought he was richer now than he had ever been before.

Why, Molly, Molly--what has happened?
What is it ?" Molly had suddenly sprung upright in bed.