"I never meant to.
It came into my mind all of a sudden and I felt that I must.

It has to do with your sister and the Marston Rise affair." "My sister and the Marston Rise affair!" Beatrice exclaimed, incredulously.
Then a sudden light broke in upon her.

She stopped short and clutched at his hand.
"You don't mean that it was Elizabeth who was going to find you the money ?" she cried.
"I do," he answered.

"She offered it of her own accord.

I do not know why I talked to her of my own affairs, but she led me on to speak of them.