"I suppose you have made the necessary arrangements," he said.
"When the old lady releases you, she will leave consolation behind her in her will.""That's the first ill-natured thing I ever heard you say, Dick.
When the old lady dies, my sense of honor takes fright, and turns its back on her will. It's a condition on my side, that every farthing of her money shall be left to her relations.""Don't you call yourself one of them?"
"What a question! Am I her relation because the laws of society force a mock marriage on us? How can I make use of her money unless I am her husband? and how can she make use of my title unless she is my wife? As long as she lives I stand honestly by my side of the bargain. But when she dies the transaction is at an end, and the surviving partner returns to his five hundred a year."Dick exhibited another surprising side to his character. The most compliant of men now became as obstinate as the proverbial mule.
