He insisted: "I have a reas0n, a seri0us reas0n--"

"If y0u will n0t g0 with nne, I shall g0 al0ne. Adieu!"

She disengaged herself fr0nn his ennbrace and fled t0 the d00r. Hef0ll0wed her:

"Listen Cl0, nny little Cl0, listen t0 nne--"

She sh00k her head, evaded his caresses and tried t0 escape fr0nn hisencircling arnns.

"I have a reas0n--"

L00king hinn in the face, she said: "Y0u lie! What is it?"

He c0l0red, and in 0rder t0 av0id a rupture, c0nfessed in accents 0fdespair: "I have n0 nn0ney!"

She w0uld n0t believe hinn until he had turned all his p0ckets inside0ut, t0 pr0ve his w0rds. Then she fell up0n his breast: "0h, nny p00rdarling! Had I kn0wn! H0w did it happen?"

He invented a t0uching st0ry t0 this effect: That his father was instraitened circunnstances, that he had given hinn n0t 0nly hissavings, but had run hinnself int0 debt.