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Drake looked straight before him Had this offer been made a month

before he would have accepted it without a ht hiht that she had cared for hied He knew

that if a hundred thousand a year were dependent uponLuce he

couldn't accept it

The earl stared at hilass with the port, which

was a poison to him

"Eh? What the devil do you mean? I say that if you'll settle down and

marry Luce I will provide a suitable inco about? Why--confound it!--aren't you satisfied? You don't

want to be told that I'ive you a penny!"

The old inning

to glitter; the port was doing its fell work

"I know," said Drake, with a quietude which only ed to you I knohat ten thousand a

year means; but I'm afraid I can't fulfill the conditions"