“Well, ma’am, you’re wiser than I am, and you know better what it’s best to do.”
“Of course I do. You are safe in being guided by me.”
“But about the money, ma’am. How am I to get that if I don’t see you?”
“Once a quarter I will pay in forty pounds to your account at any bank you choose. You can let me know.”
“All right, ma’am. It’s strange to me to think of having a bank account.”
“It need not be strange henceforth. And now, Mr. Rugg, we must part. I must hasten down to Middleton Hall to look after the estate. I have been absent from it now for nearly three months.”
“I suppose you are in a hurry to see your young man?” said Rudolph, with a grin.
Mr. Rugg,” said the lady, haughtily, “I beg you
will make no reference to my private affairs. You speak as if I were a nursery maid.”
“I beg your pardon, ma’am. No offense was meant.”