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           Sheknewthatsomethingwaswrong,buthewouldnottellherwhatitwas;hewouldonlysaythathewasworriedtodeath.Atlastsheforcedhimtoconfessthathehadgotintodebtandwasbeingdunnedbytradesmen.Thelifeintowhichshehadledhimhadmadehimspendmoremoneythanhecouldafford,andashamedofhischeapclothesatthegrandpartiestowhichshetookhim,hehadgonetoanexpensivetailorandorderedhimselfnewsuits.Hehadbackedahorse*hopingtomakeenoughmoneytogetsquareandthehorsewasbeaten.ToJuliaitwasaverysmallsumthatheowed,ahundredandtwenty-fivepounds,andshefounditabsurdthatanyoneshouldallowatriflelikethattoupsethim.Shesaidatoncethatshewouldgiveittohim.

           "Oh,Icouldn’t.Icouldn’ttakemoneyfromawoman."

           Hewentscarlet;themerethoughtofitmadehimashamed.Juliausedallherartsofcajolery.*Shereasoned,shepretendedtobeaffronted,sheevencriedalittle,andatlastasagreatfavourheconsentedtoborrowthemoneyfromher.Nextdayshesenthimaletterinwhichwerebanknotestothevalueoftwohundredpounds.Herangherupandtoldherthatshehadsentfarmorethanhewanted.

           "Oh,Iknowpeoplealwayslieabouttheirdebts,"shesaidwithalaugh."I’msureyouowemorethanyousaid."

           "IpromiseyouIdon’t.You’rethelastpersonI’dlieto."

           "Thenkeeptherestforanythingthatturnsup.Ihateseeingyoupaythebillwhenwegoouttosupper.Andtaxisandallthatsortofthing."

           "No,really.It’ssohumiliating."