"There is nothing to understand. I want to keep the collection. I ask you to convince my husband——"
"How?"
"I d—don't know," stammered Elena, crimson again. "You ought to know how to—to do it."
"If Mr. Waudle returns your husband's money, no further action will be taken."
"He can not," said Elena, in a low voice.
"Why?"
"He has spent it."
"Did he tell you that?"
"Yes."
"Then I am afraid that Mr. Clydesdale will have him arrested."