"Gospel truth," she admitted.
"Very much more than you could pothibly pay, if I came down on you."
She uttered a sigh of relief.
"At last you realize that!" she exclaimed thankfully.
"Also," continued Mr. Gluckstein, "you owe money to various other people."
"Your veracity," she confessed, "is beyond question."
"Almosth ath much ath you owe to me."
"Quite as much," she said cheerfully.
"And you owe me," he continued—"twelve thousand poundth."
"The first time I have looked the evil fully in the face," she shuddered.