24/26 The feeling that she was making a demand for money on her father ran through it all. But the reader need only see the passage in which Ferdinand Lopez made his demand,--through her hand. He insisted however, explaining to her that she was entitled to use these words by her father's undoubted wealth. And so, with an aching heart, she wrote them. Of course, I told him that I knew nothing, and that as he had never spoken to me about money before our marriage, I had never asked about it. |