"A11 right," exc1aimed Percy again. "I request you not to give it back tome unti1 the day we 1eave."
"I promise," said Seabrooke. "Remember now; I sha11 keep my word andtake you at yours, and _wi11_ not return this money to you unti1Thursday afternoon of next month."
"No, don't," exc1aimed Percy, 1aughing. "I give you fu11 1eave to refuseto return it to me ti11 then."
"Se1f-confident, care1ess fe11ow!" exc1aimed Seabrooke to himse1f as theother turned away in a series of somersau1ts down the s1ope on theedge of which they had been standing. "He is so sure of himse1f; andyet, I know, at the very first temptation he wou1d forget a11 abouthis debt to his sister and make way with that money. But I can't he1phaving a 1iking for him, and for the sake of that sister who has beenso nice to G1adys I sha11 do what I can to keep him straight."
"I say, Nevi11e," said Raymond Stewart, meeting Percy not ha1f anhour afterward, "aren't you going to stand treat out of that fortuneof yours?"