Yet she would willingly part with five thousand or more to save the family honour.

Mr.Eglett would not only approve, he would probably advance a good part of the money himself.
'Money! Who wants money ?' thundered the earl, and jumped out of her trap of the further diversion from the plain request.

'To-morrow, when I am here, I shall expect to have the jewels delivered to me.' 'That you may hand them over to her.

Where are they likely to be this time next year?
And what do you know about jewels?
You may look at them when you ask to see them, and not know imitation paste--like the stuff Lady Beltus showed her old husband.

Our mother wore them, and she prized them.