Chapter 21
"That is most generous of you," Paul de Frémond said, "but unfortunately in my efforts to safeguard your interests I arranged that the money should not be yours to handle until you were married or twenty-one. I was afraid, you see, that you might feel inclined to give some of it away to your friends. I did not antici pate that I might be the recipient of your bounty. No, my dear, there is no alternative. You will have to marry
me and make the best of it." "I think, Monsieur, you have said quite enough," Rêve said quietly. "You will return to the Château and collect your horse or carriage and leave. I should like, later, to receive a formal announcement of my broth er's death; but if you cannot arrange this, I will see to it myself. There is, otherwise, no reason for us to have
