“I don't say I've figured it exactly right,” said Miss Susan, “but I 'll make right what ain't right. And as for Mr. Todder's receipt—”
“But why? What do you mean?” asked Henrietta. “Why are you giving me these?”
“I give because I'm asked to,” said Miss Susan a trifle tartly.
“But the money! I did not pay you any money.”
“Nor did you,” said Miss Susan, “although I might well suppose you knew it had been given. Mr. Alberson—”
Henrietta colored.
“Did he dare pay this?” she asked angrily.
“He dared hand it over, as he had been told to do and as it was his duty to do,” said Miss Susan. “It's infamous! He had no right—”
“Right or no right was not for him to say,” Miss Susan said. “When your own husband sent the money—”
“Freeman? Freeman sent money? That's nonsense! Freeman sent the money to Mr. Alberson? That's absurd!”