He had bullied this woman for a good many years.

Now he felt that the tables were being turned upon him.
"What has become of the De la Borne money ?" she asked.

"I never thought that you would get it, but he paid up every cent, didn't he ?" Forrest nodded.
"He did," he admitted, "or rather his brother did for him.

I lost four hundred at Goodwood, and there were some of my creditors I simply had to give a little to, or they would have pulled me up altogether.

You talk about nerves, Ena, but, hang it all, it's enough to give anyone the hum to lead the sort of life I've had to lead for the last few years.