Wewereusheredinbythatsameservaheywere，thetwooldgentlemen。Ofcourse，theyweresurprisedtoseethatwonderfulcreaturewithme，butIsaid:
"It&apentlemen;sheismyfuturestayae。"
AndIioher，ahembydidn'tsurprisethem;theykneenoughtosultthedirectory。Theyseatedus，aetome，andverysolicitoustorelieveherfromembarrassment，andputherasmuchathereaseastheyIsaid:
"Gentlemeoreport。"
&quladtohearit，"saidmyman，"fornowwedecidethebetwhichmybrotherAbelandImade。Ifyouhavewonforme，youshallhaveanysituationinmygift。Haveyouthemillion-pou;
"Hereitis，sir，"aohim。
"I'vewoed，andslappedAbelonthebaowwhatdoyousay，brother?""Isayhedidsurvive，andI'velosttwentythousandpounds。Ineverwouldhavebelievedit。"
"What，maeofdepositfor$200，000。Isityours?"
"Mihirtydays'judicioususeofthatlittleloamehave。AndtheonlyuseImadeofitwastobuytriflesahebilli;
"e，thisisastonishing!It'sincredible，man!"
"Nevermind，I'llproveit。Don'ttakemywordu;
Butnoos;sturobesurprised。Hereyeswerespreadwide，andshesaid:
"Henry，isthatreallyyourmoney?Haveyoubeenfibbi;
"Ihave，iyou&apiveme，Iknow。"
&upanardsaid:
"Don'tyoubesosure。Yhtythingtodeceivemeso!"
"Oh，you'llgetoverit，sweetheart，you'llgetoverit;itwasonlyfun，youk'sbegoing。"
"Butwait，wait!Thesituation，youknow。Iwahesituation，"saidmyman。
"Well，"Isaid，"I'mjustasgratefulasIbe，butreallyIdon'twa;
"Butyouhavetheveryygift。"
"Thanksagain，withallmyheart;butIdon'tevenwantthato;
"Henry，I'mashamedofyou。Youdon'thalfthankthegoodgentleman。MayIdoitforyou?""Indeed，youshall，dear，ifyouimproveit。Letusseeyoutry。"
&omyman，gotupinhislap，putherarmroundhisnedkissedhimrightohewooldgeedwithlaughter，butIwasdumfoupetrified，asyoumaysay。Portiasaid:
"Papa，hehassaidyouhaven'tasituatiiftthathe'dtake;aashurtas-"&qu，isthatyourpapa?"
"Yes，he'smystep-papa，aoeverwas。Youuandnoos;tyou，whyIwasabletolaughwhenyoutoldmeattheminister's，notknowiionships，whattroubleandos;sandUncleAbel'sschemewasgivingyou?"
Ofcourse，Isphtupnow，withoutanyfooliraighttothepoint。
"Oh，mydearestdearsir，IwanttotakebackwhatIsaid。YouhavegotasituatioIwant。"
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"Son-in-law。""ell!Butyouknow，ifyouhaven'teverservedinthatcapacity，you，of'tfurionsofasorttosatisfythesofthetradso-"
"Tryme-oh，do，Ibegofyou!Onlyjusttrymethirtyorfortyyears，andif-"
Happy，wetwo?Therearenhintheuodescribeit。AndwhenLondongotthewholehistory，adayortwolater，ofmymonth'sadvehatbank-note，andhowtheyended，didLondontalk，aime?Yes。
MyPortia'spapatookthatfriendlyandhospitablebillbacktotheBankofEnglandahentheBaandmadehimapresentofit，aousat，andithasalwayshungihesacredestplaeeversigavememyPortia。ButforitIothaveremainedinLondon，wouldnothaveappearedattheminister's，nevershouldhavemether。AndsoIalwayssay，"Yes，it'samillion-pounder，asyousee;butitonepuritslife，aheartilyaboutatenthpartofitsvalue。"