ANNA
No, mother.
MRS. CRILLY If he resigns now his pension will be safe. There is nothing else against him.
ANNA
But some one will find out the difference in the coal.
MRS. CRILLY
It's the new Workhouse Master who will know that.
ANNA (hardening) But he could not pass such a thing, mother.
MRS. CRILLY (abandoning a position) Well, after your grandfather gets his pension we could make some arrangement with the Guardians.
ANNA Yes, mother. Hasn't grandfather a hundred pounds invested in the shop?
MRS. CRILLY It's not a hundred pounds. Besides, it's not an investment.
ANNA (with a certain resolution in her rich voice) Mother. Is my money safe?
MRS. CRILLY We could give you the eighty pounds, Anna, but after that we would need all the help we could get from you.