"Haven't you ever seen her?"
"Never; which is rather queer, because she's often been at dances which I've been at. But I hate Americans."
"Do you, indeed? How liberal-minded!"
"Don't laugh at me. You--you don't know how worried I am."
"Some people wouldn't feel worried because £10,000 fell into their lap from the skies. Here, Mr Coventry, are your precious notes."
"I'll send them back to her at once."
"Her? Whom? Mrs Murphy? Don't you think you are rather hasty in jumping at conclusions? Suppose, after all, they didn't come from Mrs Murphy?"
"I'll soon find out, and if they did--"
"Well, if they did? I thought you mentioned some rather pressing obligations which you had to meet."
"Confound it! I know I've been a fool, but I'd rather be posted than owe my salvation to a woman's money."