[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.