"I don't doubt that, sir," replied Walter, "but I am ashamed to say that self-denial of that sort is not much in my line.  But, then, I am not a man of independent fortune like my brother Amos here.  Ask him, pray. He has, or ought to have, lots of spare cash, and he is always on the look-out to be doing good with it."  There was a tone of sarcasm in his voice which grated very painfully on Miss Huntingdon's ear.  Amos coloured deeply, but made no remark.