She knew that her husband's character could not suffer through her action.
Accordingly, she took the only course open to her to save her son even from his father's wrath, and boldly denied James Fairbairn's statement.
"Of course, she was fully aware that her husband could easily clear himself, and the worst that could be said of her was that she had thought him guilty and had tried to save him.

She trusted to the future to clear her of any charge of complicity in the theft.
"By now every one has forgotten most of the circumstances; the police are still watching the career of James Fairbairn and Mrs.Ireland's expenditure.

As you know, not a single note, so far, has been traced to her.

Against that, one or two of the notes have found their way back to England.

No one realizes how easy it is to cash English bank-notes at the smaller _agents de change_ abroad.