"And don't you get any false ideas, Mr.
Tallington.

Bent!--I've paid that money back--I, myself.

Each penny of it--two thousand pound, with four per cent.

interest for thirty years! I've done it--Mallalieu knows naught about it.

And here's the receipt.
So now then!" "When did you pay it, Mr.Cotherstone ?" asked Tallington, as Bent unwillingly took the paper which Cotherstone drew from a pocket-book and handed to him.