Eliza:

Not quite:
The paper was in.

Ezra:

But the money, you dam of thieves—
Where was the money?

Eliza:

It wasn’t in the box—
Not a brass farthing.

Ezra:

The money gone—all gone?
Why didn’t you tell me about it right away?

Eliza:

I wasn’t minding money: I’d lost a son.