right as any one."

"He has no right to make things worse than they are."

"I don't know how I could do that, Nina," said the servant. "What made
you take that money back to your aunt?"

"I didn't take it back to my aunt."

"Well, to any of the family then? I suppose it came from your aunt?"

"It came from my cousin Ziska, and I thought it better to give it back.
Souchey, do not you come in between father and me. There are troubles
enough; do not you make them worse."

"If I had been here you should never have taken it back again," said
Souchey, obstinately.

"Father," said Nina, appealing to the old man, "how could I have kept
it? You knew why it was given."

"Who is to help us if we may not take it from them?"

"To-morrow," said Nina, "I can get as much as he brought. And I will,
and you shall see it."

"Who will give it you, Nina?"

"Never mind, father, I will have it."