[Taking them.] You fail lamentably in achieving your wish. Three thousand five hundred pounds in all. It seems hardly worth while to make a fuss about so small a sum.
Captain Montgomerie.
I'm in urgent need of money.
Fouldes.
[Ironically.] So rich a man as you?
Captain Montgomerie.
Even a rich man may be temporarily embarrassed.
Fouldes.
Then be so good as to wait for one moment. [He sits down at a table and writes a cheque.] No sight is more affecting than that of a millionaire in financial straits.
Lady Frederick.