there was that girl at Oxford.' Here he turned his head slowly, and looked round in a furtive way, which was getting almost a habit with him.

'A fellow should go away so that he wouldn't have to swear lies.

Women were always wanting money; or worse: to be married! Confound women; they all seemed to want him to marry them! There was the Oxford girl, and then the Spaniard, and now Stephen!' This put his thoughts in a new channel.

He wanted money himself.

Why, Stephen had spoken of it herself; had offered to pay his debts.