There's nothing so safe in clinching a bargain as money down.

Oh, dear! I wish I could go with you.

And, Miss Jasmine, if you could find it convenient to pay me back say one and sixpence of the little loan, I'll be for ever obliged, darling." At this moment Mrs.Flint's voice was heard calling Poppy, and demanding who she was standing gossiping with.

Mrs.Flint's voice sounded quite sharp, and Jasmine guessed that something unusual must have occurred to disturb her, for Mrs.Flint was known on principle never to excite herself.
"What is the matter with her ?" she inquired of Poppy, who flushed up at her tones.
"Oh, nothing, miss.

She's only a bit put out about the broken boots.
There, I must run." Poppy almost shut the door in Jasmine's face.