If you knew how dreadful it is to see that you have lost your hopes of me!' 'Well, but I haven't--altogether,' Amy replied, meditatively.

'I know very well that, if you had a lot of money, you would do better things than ever.' 'Thank you a thousand times for saying that, my dearest.' 'But, you see, we haven't money, and there's little chance of our getting any.

That scrubby old uncle won't leave anything to us; I feel too sure of it.

I often feel disposed to go and beg him on my knees to think of us in his will.' She laughed.

'I suppose it's impossible, and would be useless; but I should be capable of it if I knew it would bring money.' Reardon said nothing.
'I didn't think so much of money when we were married,' Amy continued.