Molyneux: I am not putting my reputation on deposit; I am giving it to Ann.
Lady Emily: You are giving away something you don’t possess.
Molyneux: Won’t you lend it to me?
[Enter Ninian.
Ninian: I apologize, Mr. Molyneux. Forgive me, Uncle William. I have been kept.
Lord William: Tut, tut, Ninian, a rich man like you!
Ninian: I cannot see how being rich can affect the fact that I was sitting late on a committee. And anyway, I am not rich ... you know very well, Uncle William, that it is almost impossible nowadays for a gentleman to be rich.
Molyneux: It was always difficult.
Lord William: It is a question of minerals, my boy. There is still coal in the earth.