Heseemedannoyedbythequestion，butadmittedwithreluctancethathehadalittle。
“Well，“Icontinued，“itistheirmoneytheyareafter，isitnot？
Whynotgiveituptothem？“
“Ah！“repliedhe，shakinghishead，“Ihavetriedthatalready，Mr。
Cassilis；andalas！thatitshouldbeso，butitisbloodtheywant。“