A Fair Fraud — page 145: what you’re looking at

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134 A Fair Fraud little joke. You must bring me something better to-morrow.’ ‘It is all I have in the world.’ ‘Nonsense, my dear,’ and suddenly his voice took on a blunter, harsher tone. ‘These people you are staying with are very rich, and they are your friends. You can get hold of their money if you choose.’ ‘How? I cannot steal it.’ ‘You can borrow from them, of course.’ ‘My dear father, ladies do not borrow money from mere acquaintances in whose house they are guests, replied Hester, contemptuously ‘They are not ‘“‘mere acquaintances.” You are engaged to be married to that fellow—the son; your mother told me you were going to marry him. She put me off with that, telling me to wait till you were his wife, but I can’t wait. I must have money now, within two days at most, and if you are engaged to him you can easily ask him to advance you the money. A couple of hundred I must have.’ ‘I am not engaged to him, fither.’ ‘Not engaged? Then what was he saying to you just now when he was hanging on to your hands, pray? You are telling me lies, child, if you deny that he has proposed to ou.’ ‘T vill not tell you lies, father. | will tell you the truth. Captain Drury has proposed GOMMGIOO <S (GO) uu