She was clever enough to understand from the first, that fighting the case was simply "indulging Julius in his temper;" and she did not see the wisdom of spending what little money they had in such a gratification.
"You have been caught in your own trap, Julius," she said aggravatingly.
"Very clever people often are.

It is folly to struggle.

You had better ask Stephen to pay you back the ten thousand pounds.

I think he ought to do that.

It is only common honesty." But Stephen had not the same idea of common honesty as Sophia had.