Dorothy.

She had wages and a comfortable home. If she didn’t like the place she could have left it.... After all it’s family money. I don’t think Aunt Louisa had the right to leave it to strangers.

Wickham.

We oughtn’t to complain if Miss Marsh gets a small annuity. Aunt Louisa promised her something of the sort when she had a chance of marrying a couple of years ago.

Dorothy.

Miss Marsh is quite young. It isn’t as if she’d been here for thirty years.

Wickham.

Well, I’ve got an idea that Aunt Louisa meant to leave her about two hundred and fifty a year.

Dorothy.

But what’s the estate?