A Daughter of Delilah — page 85: what you’re looking at

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76 THE TONGUE OF THE TEMPTRESS. right—at least half of his possessions. But, hush, what am I saying? I know so little of business and the ways of the world.’’ | ‘“How much would tempt you?’’ he demanded, hoarsely. ‘‘Tempt me?’’? she laughed. ‘‘How strangely you look and talk, Edgar! Your father is worth many millions. He is one of the greatest of New York’s magnates. I heard his name even in far-away Chicago. Surely he would not begrudge you a few thousands! I know that we should not want more! If I were content to marry you while you have nothing, the pinch would come sooner or later, and you would begin to hate me.”’ ‘“Hate you?”’ ‘In time. Oh, darling, with all your knowledge of the world, your are but a child in these things! You have never known the misery of being poor, and I will never drag you into that horrible mire—because I love you too well.”’ He seized one of her hands, and pressed it madly to his lips. ‘‘A few thousands!’’ he muttered. ‘‘A few thousands! You would never crave for more, my queen? Swear that you will be mine if I lay this sum at your feet!”’ “Tt is not for me alone,’’ she whispered. ‘‘Is it not for both—is it not to make us eternally happy? Edgar, the day that the money.is yours, why need we longer delay? It will be sufficient—more than sufficient for our simple needs. Wecan live in Paris, in Rome, in London. Life will be an elysium!’’ ‘‘A few thousands! Ay, fifty thousand! I swear that it shall be yours, darling—even if I had to rake hell itself!’ A satanic smile flashed into her glorious eyes. stig ghee eS Eomichbooks.co