GEORGIANA. Well, what's done's done? But, as Louise says, my money's
left.
STEVEN. Yes, but--
GEORGIANA. Mine must do for all of us.
COAST. [_Strongly._] Excuse me, but I'll see that Louise and her mother
don't suffer; _you_ keep your money.
GEORGIANA. No, that's not the point, Sam. I asked you once to give my
brother advice and you refused. You might have prevented this, and now
we can get along without your money. Steve won't have to go out of his
own family to make up as far as he can for what he's lost out of yours.
[SAM _turns away to the mantel._
STEVEN. Georgy! O Georgy! You're an angel! [_Hugging her and kissing her
in a transport of relief._] I'll get out of it, you'll see! I'll cover
myself to-morrow. I can do that with your Croton Bonds and your Mutual
Life and a couple of mortgages, and we'll win in the end, and Louise get
hers back and mother too--! [_His arm about his wife._] It's _sure_ in
the end, _it's got_ to be, Louise.
[_There is no response from_ LOUISE.
GEORGIANA. Steven, I have a condition about my money.
STEVEN. [_Crestfallen._] What?
GEORGIANA. It isn't to be used as you think.
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