“Penniless, only relatively so; paupers, no.”
“Nothing added to nothing makes how much, Mr. Tremorne?”
“Madam, I am an Oxford man.”
“What has that to do with it?”
“Much. Cambridge is the mathematical university. I never was good at figures.”
“Perhaps that’s why you threw away your money.”
“Perhaps. Still, the money I threw away yesterday belonged to your father.”
“Is that to remind me of the debt I am supposed to owe you?”
“You owe me nothing. If anybody owes me anything I am certain Mr. Hemster will discharge the debt with his usual generosity.”
“Oh, you are counting on that, are you?”