LEONARD. Of course she ought. We ought all to be paid. I’m in favour of handsome incomes all round and I hope Lloyd George will take it up. But, look here, Mrs. Greaves, we’re all in the same boat. Now is there anything you’d like to pawn? I’m treating you as a friend.
MARY. There’s your watch.
LEONARD. There’s my watch. My wife suggests my watch. A nuisance to me, of course. As a friend, Mrs. Greaves, what do you say to that?
MRS. GREAVES. I should be sorry, sir, but I must have my money.
LEONARD. You shall have it with compound interest at 5 per cent. Do you know what that means?
MRS. GREAVES. I think so.
LEONARD. It’s more than you can get safely elsewhere so it means that the longer we keep you out of your money the more it will be to your advantage.
MRS. GREAVES. I think you’re a funny gentleman.
LEONARD. [To MARY.] She’s found me out.