Then laying her head on her bosom she said with a sigh: 'Oh, my dear, you can't know how I trust you; or how much your trust is to me.

You never can know!' The next day the two women held a long consultation over the schedule of Leonard's debts.

Neither said a word of disfavour, or even commented on the magnitude.

The only remark touching on the subject was made by Miss Rowly: 'We must ask for proper discounts.

Oh, the villainy of those tradesmen! I do believe they charge double in the hope of getting half.