“It was paid punctually, was it not?”
“Yes.”
“Then you can have no business with me. Have I not told you that you are not to call upon me at any time? My agent attends to that.”
“I want the allowance raised,” said Rudolph, abruptly.
Raised?”
“Yes, you must double it.”
Mrs. Middleton was now really angry.
I never heard such insolence,” she said. “You have taken your trouble for nothing. I shall not give you a pound more.”
“You’d better, Mrs. Middleton,” said Rudolph, “or I may tell all I know.”
“You would only ruin yourself, and lose your entire income.”