Now
there it is;--and if she were to die to-morrow it would be lost to
the family. Something must be done, you know. I can't let her money
go in that way."
"You'll do what Mr. Forster suggests, no doubt."
"But he won't suggest anything. They never do. He doesn't care what
becomes of the money. It never ought to have been given up as it
was."
"It was settled, I suppose."
"Yes;--if there were children. And it will come back to her if he
dies first. But mad people never do die. That's a well-known fact.
They've nothing to trouble them, and they live for ever. It'll all go
to some cousin of his that nobody ever saw."
"Not as long as Lady Laura lives."
"But she does not get a penny of the income;--not a penny. There
never was anything so cruel. He has published all manner of
accusations against her."
"Nobody believes a word of that, my lord."
"And then when she is dragged forward by the necessity of vindicating
her character, he goes mad and keeps all her money! There never was
anything so cruel since the world began.
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