"What could I do? I had to pay her."
"You could have made the cheque payable to me. It would have passed as my quarter's salary. I could have cashed it and you could have given her notes."
"And if Toby remembered their numbers?"
"You could have changed them for ten shilling notes in Cheltenham."
"All these elaborate precautions!"
"You can't be too precautions when you're dealing with a woman like that…. Is this all you've given her?"
"All?"
"Yes. Did you ever give her anything any other time?"
"Well—possibly—from time to time—"
"Have you any idea of the total amount?"