B. & Co.
would have a better hold on things than they've got now; and he
wouldn't have dropped that million either. The cards don't always
come up the right way, even when they're stacked."
"It just served my stepfather right for not giving us some of it,
and I'm glad he lost it," Corinne rejoined, her anger rising
again. "I have never forgiven him for not making me an allowance
after I married, and I never will. He could, at least, have
continued the one he always gave me."
Garry winked sententiously, and remarked in reply that he might be
making the distinguished money-bags an allowance himself one of
these fine days, and he could if some of the things he was
counting on came out top side up, but Corinne's opinions did not
change either toward Jack or her stepfather.
CHAPTER XIX
When the pain in Jack's heart over Ruth became unbearable, there
was always one refuge left--one balm which never failed to soothe,
and that was Peter.
For though he held himself in readiness for her call, being seldom
absent lest she might need his services, their constrained
intercourse brought with it more pain than pleasure.
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