"You are very kind," said she. "I know that here in the city you
are very busy making money all the time, so I must not stay long.
Will you buy me some stocks, - some good safe stocks, which will
bring me in at least four per cent?"

"I can promise to do that," Laverick answered. "Have you any
choice?"

"No, I have no choice," Louise told him. "I bring with me a cheque,
- see, I give it to you, - it is for six thousand pounds. I would
like to buy some stocks with this, and to know the names so that I
may watch them in the paper. I like to see whether they go up or
down, but I do not wish to risk their going down too much. It is
something like gambling but it is no trouble."

"Your money shall be spent in a few minutes, Mademoiselle," Laverick
assured her, "and I think I can promise you that for a week or two,
at any rate, your stocks will go up. With regard to selling - "

"I leave everything to you," she interrupted, "only let me know what
you propose."

"We will do our best," Laverick promised.

"It is good," she said. "Money is a wonderful thing. Without it
one can do little. You have not forgotten, Mr. Laverick, that you
were going to show me this passage?"

"Certainly not. Come with me now, if you will. It is only a yard
or two away."