She leaned against the table, facing him.
"Listen," she continued, "I have borrowed from you three thousand pounds.

You left with me to-night--I don't know whether you meant to lend it to me or whether I had it on trust, but you left it in my charge--another thousand pounds.

I have lost it all--all, you understand--the four thousand pounds and every penny I have of my own." He sat quite still.

He was watching her through his gold-rimmed spectacles.

There was the slightest possible frown upon his forehead.
The time for talking of money as though it were a trifle had passed.
"That is a great deal," he said.
"It is a great deal," she admitted.