Chapter 29: Theodore Is Called to the Rescue

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌⁠As Nella passed downstairs from the top storey with her father—the lifts had not yet begun to work—she drew him into her own room, and closed the door.

‘What’s this all about?’ he asked, somewhat mystified, and even alarmed by the extreme seriousness of her face.

‘Dad,’ the girl began, ‘you are very rich, aren’t you? very, very rich?’ She smiled anxiously, timidly. He did not remember to have seen t