What more of a case do you want ?" "I don't want a better case.

I only want some evidence.

It's true enough that Mrs.Manley told me that she told Manley that Lord Loudwater proposed to halve her allowance.

But where's the evidence that she talked to him about it?
She'd deny it if you put her into the witness-box, and you can't put her into the witness-box." "Husband and wife, by Jove! Oh, the clever young scoundrel!" cried Mr.
Carrington.
"And that halving of the allowance is the beginning of the whole business.

Manley had made up his mind to marry a lady with a fixed income--indeed, they were probably already engaged.