"I do indeed see your point though curiously I don't think it occurred to to either of us when we were discussing matters at Telegraph House—probably because in the natural order of things your health and strength should long outlast Mollie."

"As to the letters—will you look upon them as a loan for the present? I want you to have them for your very own but in our efforts to get some ready money we meet with serious reverses. Withers hasn't yet given his written consent to the sale of the furniture from Battine and when it is sold the money is to go to the Trust."