"I know you have; it is because of that that we are here. Believe me, my dear young lady, you will be quite safe if you trust yourself in my hands."
"I don't want to have any more trouble, so, as it wasn't a sum which was of much consequence to me, I was just going to get some money which Mrs Sutherland wanted when you came in."
"Money?"
"Yes, money!--money she owes me!--so now you know!"
"Do you owe this--lady money?"
"Well, it isn't exactly that I owe it, but money is owing to her, I believe."
"How much?"
"A thousand pounds."
"A thousand pounds! Is it possible that you were thinking of giving this woman a thousand pounds?"
At this point Mrs Darcy Sutherland thought proper to give her passion reins, with results which were hardly becoming.