Mrs.Waltham caught the glance and checked her flow of speech.
'Oh, he could never do that!' she murmured the next moment, in a lower key, clasping her hands together upon her knees.

'I am sure he wouldn't.' 'You must remember, mother,' remarked Adela with reserve, 'that Mr.
Eldon's disposition cannot affect us.' 'My dear child, what I meant was this: it is impossible for him to go to law with your husband to recover the uttermost farthing.

How are you to restore money that is long since spent?
and it isn't as if it had been spent in the ordinary way--it has been devoted to public purposes.
Mr.Eldon will of course take all these things into consideration.

And really one must say that it is very strange for a wealthy man to leave his property entirely to strangers.' 'Not entirely,' put in Adela rather absently.
'A hundred and seven pounds a year!' exclaimed her mother protestingly.
'My dear love, what _can_ be done with such a paltry sum as that!' 'We must do a good deal with it, dear mother.

It will be all we have to depend upon until Richard finds--finds some position.' 'But you are not going to leave the Manor at once ?' 'As soon as ever we can.