‘For how much?’
‘For seven pounds.’
‘When did you part with it?’
‘On the Friday before Christmas Day.’
‘Did you do anything to it first?’
‘I wrote my name on the back.’
‘What did you do with it.’
‘I sent it to—’ her voice became a little hoarse, but she brought out the words—‘to Mr. Flinders.’
‘Is this the same?’
‘Yes—only some one has put ‘ty’ to the ‘seven’ in writing, and 0 to the figure 7.’