Then she felt that the fighting of the battle was incumbent upon her, and she was determined to fight it. "No, papa, no; not a shilling." "Yes, my dear, yes," he said, smiling. "I have heard from Mr Apjohn, and understood all about it. The money, no doubt, is not there; but your cousin is quite prepared to charge the estate with the amount. Indeed, it would be almost impossible for him to refuse to do so. No one would speak to him were he to be so base as that. I do not think much of your Cousin Henry, but even Cousin Henry could not be so mean. He has not the courage for such villainy." "I have the courage," said she. "What do you mean?" "Oh, papa, do not be angry with me! Nothing,--nothing shall induce me to take my Cousin Henry's money." "It will be your money,--your money by your uncle's will. It is the very sum which he himself has named as intended for you." "Yes, papa; but Uncle Indefer had not got the money to give. Neither you nor I should be angry with him; because he intended the best." "I am angry with him," said the attorney in wrath, "because he deceived you and deceived me about the property." "Never; he deceived no one. Uncle Indefer and deceit never went together." "There is no question of that now," said the father. "He made some slight restitution, and there can, of course, be no question as to your taking it." "There is a question, and there must be a question, papa. I will not have it. If my being here would be an expense too great for you, I will go away." "Where will you go?" "I care not where I go. I will earn my bread. If I cannot do that, I would rather live in the poor-house than accept my cousin's money." "What has he done?" "I do not know." "As Mr Apjohn very well puts it, there is no question whatsoever as to gratitude, or even of acceptance. It is a matter of course. He would be inexpressibly vile were he not to do this." "He is inexpressibly vile." "Not in this respect. He is quite willing. You will have nothing to do but to sign a receipt once every half-year till the whole sum shall have been placed to your credit." "I will sign nothing on that account; nor will I take anything." "But why not? What has he done?" "I do not know. I do not say that he has done anything. I do not care to speak of him. Pray do not think, papa, that I covet the estate, or that I am unhappy about that. Had he been pleasant to my uncle and good to the tenants, had he seemed even to be like a man, I could have made him heartily welcome to Llanfeare. I think my uncle was right in choosing to have a male heir. I should have done so myself--in his place." "He was wrong, wickedly wrong, after his promises."