"
A subdued smile played at the corners of her mouth.
"I am delighted that you are convinced, Lord Arranmore," she said. "It
will save us both a good deal of time and breath."
"Well--as to that I am not so sure," he answered, deliberately. "You
forget that there is still an important matter to be decided."
She looked at him questioningly.
"The disposal of the money, of course," he said.
"The disposal of it? But that has nothing to do with me!" she declared.
"I refuse to touch it--to have anything to do with it."
He shook his head.
"You see," he explained, "I have placed it, or rather my solicitors
have, in trust. Actually you may decline, as you are doing, to have
anything to do with it--legally you cannot avoid your responsibilities.
That money cannot be touched without your signature."
She laughed a little indignantly.
"Then you had better withdraw it from trust, or whatever you call it, at
once. If it was there until I was eighty I should never touch it."
"I understand that perfectly," Lord Arranmore said. "You have refused
it. Very well! What are we going to do with it?"
"Put it back where it came from, of course," she answered.
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