He wants to marry a woman who isn't a Princess.' 'Is she rich ?' 'Her father is,' said the girl.

'Oh, Dad! can't you guess?
He--he loves me.' Her head fell on Theodore's shoulder and she began to cry.
The millionaire whistled a very high note.

'Nell!' he said at length.
'And you?
Do you sort of cling to him ?' 'Dad,' she answered, 'you are stupid.

Do you imagine I should worry myself like this if I didn't ?' She smiled through her tears.

She knew from her father's tone that she had accomplished a victory.
'It's a mighty queer arrangement,' Theodore remarked.