"Mr. Furnival, I went so far as to offer a thousand pounds!"
"A thousand pounds! Then they'll think we're afraid of them."
"Not a bit more than they did before. Though I offered the money, he doesn't know the least that the offer came from our side. But I'll tell you what it is, Mr. Furnival—. I suppose I may speak my mind."
"Oh, yes! But remember this, Crabwitz; Lady Mason is no more in danger of losing the property than you are. It is a most vexatious thing, but there can be no doubt as to what the result will be."
"Well, Mr. Furnival,—I don't know."
"In such matters, I am tolerably well able to form an opinion."
"Oh, certainly!"
"And that's my opinion. Now I shall be very glad to hear yours."
"My opinion is this, Mr. Furnival, that Sir Joseph never made that codicil."
"And what makes you think so?"