If Hope can give me that money--" "He will not: I shall not allow him to.

He has lost too much already." "In that case I must apply to Sir Frank Random." "Well, apply," she snapped, being decidedly angry; "it's none of my business.

I don't want to hear anything about it." "It is your business, miss," cried Braddock, growing angry in his turn and becoming very pink; "you know that only by getting you to marry Random can I procure the money." "Oh!" said Lucy coldly.

"So this is why you sent for me.

Now, father, I have had enough of this.