He saw that Madame Dorothy was perfectly composed, yet anxious to speed the affair. It is therefore necessary that I raise some m oney without troubling him. Jurgen turned it in his hand. It was a handsome piece of jewelry, familiar to him as formerly the property of Heitman Michael's mother. Jurgen named a sum.
Times are very hard, madame.
Of course, if you cared to sell outright I could deal more generously. Old monster, I could not do that. It would not be convenient. She hesitated here. It would not be explicable.