"One hundred and twenty-five pounds three-and-sixpence-halfpenny, to be strictly accurate," responded Beresford. "I take stock of my finances every morning. I should add, in justice to myself, that I owe not any man."
"So that at about the end of four weeks you will be"
"Impoverished, but as the Season will be over and"
"What do you propose to do?" demanded Lady Drewitt.
"As a matter of fact," he said candidly, "I don't propose to do anything in particular. I'm just drifting."
"How are you going to live?" Lady Drewitt was not to be denied.
"I hadn't thought of it."
Lady Drewitt was clearly nonplussed.
"You can't live without money," she announced presently.
"Need we dot all the 'i's' and cross all the 't's'?" he enquired smilingly. "I might try a barrel-piano with a ticket on it announcing that I am a cousin of Lord Drewitt and nephew of Lady Drewitt."
"Don't be a fool, Richard," was the uncompromising response. "Do you expect me" she paused.
"On the contrary," he said quietly, "I have never expected anything of you, Aunt Caroline. That is why we have always been such excellent friends."
