The Craze of Christina — page 171: what you’re looking at

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The Craze of Christina. 167 we could rent a house in a good position and ~ keep a carriage, and we would begin to enter- tain. All our old friends would look us up and we should be quite comfortably off—just think of it!’’ and the invalid’s eyes sparkled and his pale face flushed at the picture he conjured up of future ease and pleasure. Charles Greville had something of his daughter’s buoyant and sanguine temperament, without, however, her persistent and indomitable spirit. Ella, how- ever, shook her head; she did not believe that her sister would succeed in wresting any of the Greville money away from its present owner, and she was moreover troubled by scruples of conscience concerning the methods employed by Chris. She knew, also, better than Chris did, that their father would too probably never live to see Melbourne again. Even money, and the comforts and luxuries it brings, cannot give back health to a man who is stricken with a mortal disease, although it may serve to alle- viate the pain of it, and possibly even keep it at bay for a few years longer. Meanwhile Chris was hanging over the banis- ters outside on the landing, watching and listen- ing. Presently with a clatter of hoofs and wheels on the asphalt of the courtyard, the omnibus Comichooksnco