I'm saying this to you because you've seen more of the
world, I bet, than one in a million, even though you're so young. I
don't see why we can't come together. I'm to be bought. I don't say
that my price isn't high. You've got your price, too. You wouldn't fuss
yourself about things here in Manitou and Lebanon, if there wasn't
something you wanted to get. Tout ca! Well, isn't it worth while making
the bargain? You've got such gift of speech that I'm just as if I'd been
drugged, and all round, face, figure, eyes, hair, foot, and girdle,
you're worth giving up a lot for. I've seen plenty of your sex, and I've
heard crowds of them talk, but they never had anything for me beyond the
minute. You've got the real thing. You're my fancy. You've been
thinking and dreaming of Ingolby. He's done. He's a back number.
There's nothing he's done that isn't on the tumble since last night.
The financial gang that he downed are out already against him. They'll
have his economic blood. He made a splash while he was at it, but the
alligator's got him. It's 'Exit Ingolby,' now."
She made a passionate gesture, and seemed about to speak, but he went on:
"No, don't say anything.
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