"Letmejuststaleandlookmyfill。Dearme!it'sapalace-it'sjustapalaiteverythingabodycoulddesire，ingcozycoalfireaandingready。Henry，itdoesn'tmerelymakemerealizehowrichyouare;itmakesmerealize，tothebohemarrow，hooorIam，andhowmiserable，howdefeated，routed，a;
Plaguetakesitthislanguagegavemethecoldshudders。Itscaredmebroadawake，andmademeprehendthatIwasstandingonahalf-inchcrust，withaderh。Ididn'tknowIhadbeehatis，Ihadn'tbeenallowioknowitforawhilebaoiatheworld，alovelygirl'shappinessorwoeinmyhands，andnothinginfroasalarywhiever-oh，woulderialize!Oh，oh，oh!Iamruihope!nothingsaveme!
"Henry，themereunsidereddrippingsofyourdailyinewould-"
"Oh，mydailyihthishotSdcheerupyoursoul。Here'swithyou!Or，no-you&apry;sitdownand-"
"Notabiteforme;I'mpastit。I'teat，thesedays;butI'lldrinkwithyoutillIdrop。e!""Barrelforbarrel，I'mwithyou!Ready?Herewego!Now，then，Lloyd，uorywhileIbrew。"
"U，again?"
"Again?Whatdoyoumeanbythat?"
"Why，Imeandoyouwaain?"
"DoIwaain?Thisisapuzzler。os;ttakealiquid。Youdon't。"
"Lookhere，Henry，youalarmme。Didn'tItellyouthewholestoryonthewayhere?"
"You?"
"Yes，I。"
"I'llbehangedifIheardawordofit。"
"Henry，thisisaseriousthing。Ittroublesme。Whatdidyoutakeupyoheminister's?"Thenitallflashedonme，andIowneduplikeaman。
"Itookthedearestgirlinthisworld-priso;
Sotheharush，andweshook，andshook，andshooktillourhandsadhedidn'tblamemefornothavingheardawordofastorywhichhadlastedalkedthreemiles。Hejustsatdowhepatient，goodfellowhewas，andtolditallain。Syamouhis:HehadetoEnglandwithwhathethoughtortunity;hehadan"option"toselltheGouldaensio;locators"ofit，andkeepallhecouldgetoveramilliondollars。Hehadulledeverywireheknewof，hadleftexpedientuntried，hadspentnearlyallthemoheworld，hadogetasolitarycapitalisttolistentohim，andhisoptionwouldrunoutattheeh。Inaword，hewasruihenhejumpedupa:
"Henry，yousaveme!Yousaveme，andyou'retheonlymanintheu。Willyoudoit?os;tyoudoit?"
"Tellmehow。Speakout，myboy。"
"Givemeamillionandmypassagehomeformy'option'!Don't，don'trefuse!"
Iwasinakindofagony。Iwasrightoofingoutwiththewords，"Lloyd，I'mapaupermyself-absolutelypenniless，a;Butawhite-hotideacameflamingthroughmyhead，andIgrippedmyjawstogether，andcalmedmyselfdowntillIwasascoldasacapitalist。ThenIsaid，inaerdself-possessed>
"Iwillsaveyou，Lloyd-"
"ThenI'malreadysaved!Godbemercifultoyouforever!IfeverI-"
"Letmefinish，Lloyd。Iwillsaveyou，butnotinthatway;forthatwouldoyou，afteryourhardwork，andtherisksyou'verun。Idon'tobuymines;Ikeepmycapitalmoving，inaerterlikeLondon，withoutthat;it'sos;mat，allthetime;buthereisos;lldo。Iknowallaboutthatmine，ofcourse;Iknowitsimmensevalue，aifanybodywishesit。Youshallselloutihefhtforthreemillionsgmynamefreely，andos;lldivide，shareandsharealike。"
Doyouknow，hewouldhavedauretokindling-woodinhisinsanejoy，ahingontheplace，ifIhadn'ttrippedhimupandtiedhim。
Thehere，perfectlyhappy，saying:
"Imayuseyourname!Yourhinkofit!Man，they'llflodroves，theseriers;they'llfightforthatstock!I'mamademan，I'mamademanforever，andI'llyouaslongasIlive!"
"Yes;Itoldhimtorefertome。Iknowtheman，andIknowthemine。Hischaracterisabovereproadthemihfarmorethanheasksforit。"
&imeIspentallmyevenier'swithPortia。Ididn'tsayawordtoheraboutthemiforasurprise。Wetalkedsalary;hingbutsalaryaimeslove，sometimessalary，sometimesloveandsalarytogether。Atheminister'swifeaookinourlittleaffair，andtheendlessiheyiosaveusfromiion，ahemihedarkandunsuspicious-well，itwasjustlovelyofthem!
&hemonthatlast，IhadamilliondollarstomytheLondonandk，andHastingswasfixedinthesameway。Dressedatmylevelbest，IdrovebythehouseinPortlandPlace，judgedbythelookofthingsthatmybirdswerehomeagaiowardstheminister'sandgotmypredwestartedbagsalarywithallht。Shewassoexdanxiousthatitmadeherjustintolerablybeautiful。Isaid:
"Dearie，theit'sacrimetostrikeflepehousa;
"Henry，Henry，you'llruinus!"
"Don'tyoubeafraid。Justkeepupthoselooks，andtrusttome。It'llalleht。"
So，asittur，Ihadtokeepbupherceallthetpleadingwithme，andsaying:
"Oh，pleaserememberthatifweaskfortoomuchwemaygetnosalaryatall;awillbeeofus，withnowayi?"