"
Gora shrugged her strong square shoulders. "I never expected anything else.
I asked him for another thousand dollars of my money when I was here and he
looked as if he had forgotten he owed me any. Just like a man and Morty in
particular. Then he said he expected to make an immense profit on something
or other he had ordered from the Orient and would pay me off when I
returned. Has he condescended to tell you anything about his affairs?"
"Not a word. Did you need the money badly? If I had been here I could have
lent it to you."
"Thanks. I am sure you would. But I dislike the idea of borrowing. It must
be so depressing to pay back....I was in no particular need of it, for of
course I've saved quite a bit. I merely have a natural desire for my own
and thought it was a good opportunity to strike Morty....I suppose he's
been speculating. Fortunes have been made in Tonopah, but he would be sure
to buy at the wrong time or in the wrong mine....Has he ever asked you for
money?"
"Never. He knows, too, that I have quite a sum in bonds that I could
convert into cash at once."
"Well, take my advice and hold on to them--to every cent you have. Where do
you keep them?"
"In the bank...in a safe-deposit vault--Oh, how careless of me! I've left
the key out on the table! I usually keep it...you remember...in the secret
drawer of the cabinet."
"How I wish I had the courage to write a story about a secret drawer of
an old Italian cabinet!.
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