"Or while she was about it she might as well give us five pounds a week," said Alice.
"Or fifty," said I.
"Or five hundred," said Dicky.
I saw H. O. open his mouth, and I knew he was going to say, "Or five thousand," so I said—
"Well, she won't give us fivepence, but if you'd only do as I am always saying, and rescue a wealthy old gentleman from deadly peril he would give us a pot of money, and we could have the partnership and five pounds a week. Five pounds a week would buy a great many things."
Then Dicky said, "Why shouldn't we borrow it?" So we said, "Who from?" and then he read this out of the paper—
Money Privately Without Fees.
The Bond Street Bank.
Advances cash from £20 to £10,000 on ladies' or gentlemen's note of hand alone, without security. No fees. No inquiries. Absolute privacy guaranteed.
"What does it all mean?" asked H. O.
"It means that there is a kind gentleman who has a lot of money, and he doesn't know
