SCOLLARD Very severe, indeed. Still, you understand, Mrs. Crilly, the difficulties of taking such a step as marriage without adequate provision.
CRILLY Damn it all, man, Marianne and myself married without anything at all.
MRS. CRILLY (bitterly) Anna won't be such a fool as her mother.
CRILLY
Well, Scollard has his position, and we helped him to it.
SCOLLARD
I acknowledge that.
ANNA
Isn't my portion eighty pounds, mother?
MRS. CRILLY Yes, Anna. But I'd like to tell Mr. Scollard that it would come as a strain on us to let the money go at once.
SCOLLARD
I daresay, Mrs. Crilly.
ANNA
But, mother, wouldn't the money be safer with us?
MRS. CRILLY
Well, I leave the whole thing in the hands of Mr.
Scollard.