(Unlocking the safe, muttering to herself_)
Won't go into Shepperley, indeed … never heard of such impertinence….
She takes out a cash-box from among some deeds, unlocks it with the smaller key, and takes out a mass of five-pound and pound notes.
The way these servants—what are you staring at? OLIVIA: Isn't it rather a lot of money to have in the house?
MRS. BRAMSON: "Put not your trust in banks" is my motto, and always will be.
OLIVIA: But that's hundreds of pounds! It——
MRS. BRAMSON (handing her two notes): D'you wonder I wouldn't let you have the key?
OLIVIA: Has … anybody else asked you for it?
MRS. BRAMSON (locking the cash-box and putting it back in the safe): I wouldn't let a soul touch it. Not a soul. Not even Danny.
She snaps the safe, locks it, and slips the keys back into her bosom.