Billy win his money.
After the ordeal was over and the party had broken up, he found his
friend sitting by the side of the fountain in Mrs. Billy's
conservatory, gazing fixedly in front of her, while Ryder at her
side was talking.
"You met an interesting man," he said, when they had got settled in
the carriage.
"One of the most extraordinary men I ever met," said Lucy, quickly.
"I wish that you would tell me about him. Do you know him well?"
"I have heard him talk some, and I know him in a business way."
"Is he so very rich?" she asked.
"He has a few millions," said he. "And I suppose he is turning them
over very rapidly. People say that he is a daring speculator."
"A speculator!" exclaimed Lucy. "Why, I thought that he was the
president of a bank!"
"When you have been in New York awhile," said Montague, with a
smile, "you will realise that there is nothing incompatible in the
two."
Lucy was silent, a little staggered at the remark. "I am told,"
Montague added, with a smile, "that even Ryder's wife won't keep her
money in the Gotham Trust.
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