? ? ? ? " 'Certainly ' said I. 'It's all your own.'
? ? ? ? " 'Well,' said she, 'I want a hundred pounds.'
? ? ? ? "I was a bit staggered at this, for I had imagined it was simply a new dress or something of the kind that she was after.
? ? ? ? " 'What on earth for?' I asked.
? ? ? ? " 'Oh,' said she in her playful way, 'you said that you were only my banker, and bankers never ask questions, you know.'
? ? ? ? " 'If you really mean it, of course you shall have the money,' said I.
? ? ? ? " 'Oh, yes, I really mean it.'
? ? ? ? " 'And you won't tell me what you want it for?'
? ? ? ? " 'Some day, perhaps, but not just at present, Jack.'
? ? ? ? "So I had to be content with that, though it was the first time that there had ever been any secret between us. I gave her a check, and I never thought any more of the matter. It may have nothing to do with what came afterwards, but I thought it only right to mention it.
? ? ? ? "Well, I told you just now that there is a cottage not far from our house. There is just a field between us, but to reach it you have to go along the road and then turn down a lane.
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