"Perhaps  I  did" — he  felt  the  gurgle  of  amusement  in
her  voice. '  "I  was  very  hungry,  and  the  food  here  is  very
good.  It  must  be  costing  a  lot  of  money — all  this  sort
of  thing.  How  nice  to  be  rich !  Oh,  Bill,  how  very  nice
to  be  rich!"

"I  don't  agree,"  he  said  sharply.  "Varick  doesn't  look
particularly  happy,  that  I  can  see."

"I  wonder  if  Aunt  Blanche  would  marry  him  now?"

"I  don't  suppose  he'd  give  her  the  chance — now."

It  wasn't  a  very  chivalrous  thing  to  say,  or  hear  said,
and  Bubbles  pinched  him  so  viciously  that  he  nearly  cried
out.
