"That is nice talk for the owner of Anselm Manor."
"It is true nevertheless. I have sold the Holme Farm to pay my debts."
"I don't believe it."
"Read that," he said, and handed her the paper with an account of the sale.
"Ten thousand pounds!" she exclaimed. "That is a lot of money. I am rather short of cash, you must give me some."
"You had twenty pounds last month."
"And I want twenty more now."
"You cannot have it."
"Then you must take the consequences," she said.
"What shall you do?"