As he stood in front of the small fireplace, she thought how tall and handsome he looked and in the smallness of the room, which was not very well furnished, like someone from a different world, which in fact he was.
She moved towards him and putting her hands on his shoulders, kissed his cheek before she said,
“Tell me what is wrong. Mama is asleep, so we shall not disturb her.”
“Thank God for that,” Gerald said, “because Mama must not know what has happened!”
“What has happened?” Carmella asked him.
hasShe sat down on the sofa as she spoke, clasping her hands together m her lap and looked up at her brother.
He took a deep breath before he admitted,
“I have lost one thousand pounds!”
Carmella gave a little gasp before she exclaimed,
“One thousand pounds! Oh, Gerry, how could you
