"Ah!"
"I wish you'd let me speak," cried Kaimes, testily, "My father has promised to pay all the debts----"
"Good heavens! Is he aware of the amount?"
"Wait, I've not finished. He'll pay the debts, and reduce our income to a thousand a year till he recoups himself."
"Really! I thought you had seen your father, and not a money-lender. Have you accepted this most generous offer?"
"Yes, I have," said Jim, sulkily, and kicking a mat out of the way.
"I see. It's to be Bayswater after all, James."
"If you talk like that, I'll go down to dinner without you."
"By all means. You've taken away my appetite."
She laughed in a way calculated to still further infuriate Jim, who paced the room in a towering passion. Nevertheless, she was seriously angry. Had the Duke refused all help, it would have been more decent; but this bargain, which was all on one side, annoyed her beyond measure. What did the Duke mean by taking their money?