"I've sent her a cheque for fifty-five pounds already. That ought to have settled her."
"Settled her? You don't mean to say you sent her a cheque?"
"I did."
"You oughtn't to have sent her anything at all."
"But I'd promised it, Barbara—"
"I don't care. You ought to have waited."
"I wanted to close the account and have done with her."
"That isn't the way to close it, sending cheques. That cheque will have to go through Parson's Bank. Supposing Toby sees it?"
"What if he does?"
"He might object. He might even make a row about it."