MUSKERRY
Your mother has it for me.
ANNA
Sit down, grandpapa, and take your soup.
MUSKERRY No, Anna, I won't take anything until my mind is at rest about the coal. A certain person has spoken to me in a way I'll never submit to be spoken to again.
Mrs. Crilly comes in.
MRS. CRILLY
What has happened to you?
MUSKERRY Felix Tournour knows about the coal, Marianne. He can disgrace me before the world.
ANNA And grandpapa wants to go before the Guardians and pay them back the fifty pounds.
MRS. CRILLY
Wait until we consult Mr. Scollard.
Anna goes out.
MUSKERRY
No, Marianne. I'm not going to be a party to this any longer.
I'm going before the Guardians, and I'll pay them back their fifty
pounds.