"There is a limit which only fools would pass." Then there was silence for a while, until, as they swept across the rise, Maud Barrington laughed as she pointed to the lights that blinked in the hollow, and Winston realized that the barrier between them stood firm again.
"Our views seldom coincide for very long, but there is something else to mention before we reach the Grange," she said.

"You must have paid out a good many dollars for the plowing of your land and mine, and nobody's exchequer is inexhaustible at Silverdale.

Now I want you to take a check from me." "It is necessary that I should ?" "Of course," said the girl, with a trace of displeasure.
Winston laughed.

"Then I shall be prepared to hand you my account whenever you demand it." He did not look at his companion again, but with a tighter grip than there was any need for on the reins, sent the light wagon jolting down the slope to Silverdale Grange..