Eve's Ransom

t before them-and as h

food-though that must have a great influence on mind and character. But to sit for an hour or two each evening in quiet, orderly enjoyment, with graceful things

till this eve

first time you have

dinne

. After all, there could not have been much intimac

ng me a brute, but I think there'll be no more danger of that. The memory of civilisation wil

ed him wit

le you have money, couldn't you find

ying it just for my own pleasure, I believe I know more about architecture than most men who are not in the profession; but it would take a long time befor

ork! It would save you from

had anything else to gain. Suppose I h

d her eyes away, but gave no ot

I have seen too much o

his companion, w

at he will never have an income of m

sks a woman to share

ach other on that point.-Talking of architec

urchase, and menti

ve, "your days of slavery

't suppose that I am bent on making my money last a very long time. I can imagine myself spending it all in a week or two, and feeling I had its wort

t, I know that it cou

aim at?" Hilliard a

was the pr

y? Fro

to keep myself alive,

t have said-a

, struck sudden laughter from Ev

uggested, "Hadn'

ly on. The streets are

d flushed cheeks, and his hair was somewhat disorderly. In contrast with Eve's colourless

up Southampton Row, neither speaking unti

nting before him. "I often walk about the squares late at

metimes, when I liv

hat we are rather like e

lied frankly. "I h

we have led there's a sort

e now that

from the pavement, and walked

said Eve all at once. "She woul

, after all, dining in London can't be quite what it is in Paris. I wish yo

d inquirin

a holiday? You and Patty could have lived tog

laug

so much more money than we kno

hat of that!

ughed

d was s

ng myself out of the question, what w

Mr. D

n't Patty told you t

think I must have seen him at the music-

may be the end of it. He's in an auctioneer's of

sky, and the lamps shone golden against dusty green. At one of the houses in the narrow square festivities were toward

Hilliard asked, coming to a pause a few yards away f

. At all events, it mak

it were a play. Those people have an idea of life quite different

tly. And she turned away to

a friend in Paris. Do

after she went back; bu

find her again,

ply a little, then

fter day I try to forget what I most wish for. Talk about yours

nt to hear you speak of yourself. As yet, I ha

e?" she interrupted, i

thing else, I have wished it from the

! I should be sorry if I th

iard. "What I see of it in your face is

n't my real

learn. From the portrait, I formed an idea of you. When I met you, it see

t has changed me from the k

ou cha

bt. You, at all event

will tell me all

nds in a sort of way just because we happened to come

wai

at there's no use in our thi

But I shall think a great deal ab

at I want

hy

end, it might be

laughed. When he spoke again, it