'Do you know what this is?'
'I see.'
'This is for your use and behoof. And this other little book containsor will containyour account with the bank. They will keep the account, and all you have to do is to send it to the bank every quarter to be written up. There, in your cheque book, opposite each cheque, you register the amount drawn by that cheque; so as to know where you are. Verstanden?'
'Yes,' said Wych Hazel, 'I have watched Mr. Falkirk often over his.'
'The capital which is represented by ten thousand a year,' Dane went on with business quietness, 'I have settled, absolutely and without reserve, upon you. That amount will be yearly paid in to your account, to be drawn out at your pleasure.'
'Why do you let me have more than I used to have?' she said quickly.
Rollo's lips played a little as he answered,'I think it is good for your health to be duchess in your own right somewhere.'
'What makes you say that?'
'Conviction.'
'Ah hush!I am talking business. Did Mr. Falkirk talk to you about it?'