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’How did you find out,’ asked Anne, ’when I wasn’t aware of the situation myself?’

’You don’t read the s As a matter of fact, I didn’t myself until just recently Quite by chance Milly Preston told odmother, it seems she is also a trustee It came as quite a surprise Now let’s see if we can turn the position to our advantage Milly says she wiil back ree

The mere sound of Milly’s naht to touch William’s money,’ she said ’I’ve never looked upon the trust as having anything to do with h alone and just continue letting the bank reinvest the interest as it has always done in the past’

’Why be satisfied with the bank’s invest with this city hospital contract? William wouldwith that?’

’I’m not certain how he felt He was his usual discreet self though he certainly said the contract would be an excellent one to win and that you had a good chance of being awarded it, ’Exactly!

’But he did want to see your books before he came to any firm conclusions, and he also wondered what had happened to my five hundred thousand!

’Our five hundred thousand,very well as you will soon discover I’ll send the books around to Ah so that he can inspect them for himself I can assure you that he will be very impressed’

’I hope so, Henry, for both our sakes,’ said Anne Wow lees wait and see what opinion he forms; you kno much I have always trusted Alan’

’But not me,’said Henry

~Oh, no, Henry, I didn’tI assumed you would trust your own husband!

Anne felt the tearfulness that she had always suppressed in front of Richard welling up For Henry she didn’t even try to hold it back

’I hope I can I’ve never had to worry about money before, and it’s all too much to cope with just now The baby always makes ed quickly to one of solicitude ’I know,

I don’t want you ever to have to bother your head with business s Look, why don’t you go to bed early and I’ll bring you up soo back to the office and pick up those files I need to show Alan in the ’