It is all right, and will come in very handy when the wedding comes off.
There! don't mind me! Your father told me all about it, and explained many
things which I need not have known if there had been any chance of his
recovery. But he knew someone must take an interest in you as a family, and
I am paid to do it, so it is all right, and the money is justly your own,
for you helped to earn it--yes, this was received from his publishers for
the work you helped him to do."
"But I have a twin sister, Mr. Hackett," Dexie began, as she counted the
bills in her hand, "and I ought to share this with her."
"Not at all! not at all, Miss Sherwood," was the decided answer. "Your
mother will supply your sister's wants willingly, which I fear would not be
the case with yourself, if you were left to her generosity. Pardon my
plain-speaking, Miss Sherwood; it is sometimes necessary, and I know what I
am talking about. It is your father's gift--a wedding present, if you like
to call it--and is intended for yourself alone, and in my opinion is not
half what you deserve, there! I am an old man, comparatively speaking, but
my eyes are young yet.
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