'I have some,' said Flora. 'I have a pound note upstairs.'
'My dear Flora,' returned Alexander, 'a pound note won't see us very far; and besides, this is my father's business, and I shall be very much surprised if it isn't my father who pays for it.'
'I would not apply to him yet; I do not think that can be wise,' objected Flora.
'You have a very imperfect idea of my resources, and not at all of my effrontery,' replied Alexander. 'Please observe.'
He put John from his way, chose a stout knife among the supper things, and with surprising quickness broke into his father's drawer.
'There's nothing easier when you come to try,' he observed, pocketing the money.
'I wish you had not done that,' said Flora. 'You will never hear the last of it.'
'Oh, I don't know,' returned the young man; '
