You know everything about every one in the country, you know.

And I determined to take him by surprise, and I did.

We did have a row, for I was frightfully angry.

It seemed so mean.

But he stopped it by telling me that he had instructed his bankers--we have the same bankers--to pay twelve thousand pounds into my account instead of allowing me six hundred a year." There was just the faintest change in her voice as she spoke the last sentence, and it did not escape Mr.Flexen's sensitive ear.