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So the Comptroller and I thence to a tavern hard by, and there did agree upon drawing up some letters to be sent to all the pursers and Clerks of the Cheques to make up their accounts. Then home; where I found the parson and his wife gone.
"That's the figure, miss, and if you'll oblige with coin cheques and promises being equally inconvenient I don't mind waiting five minutes to accommodate a lady." "We have not the money in the house," answered Lettice, who had been reading the formidable document, without quite understanding what it meant. "Ah, that's a pity," said the man. "But I didn't expect it, so I ain't disappointed."
Entirely recovered after her nervous collapse, as brisk as ever in her crisp linen gown, she was signing the cheques that Margaret handed her, frowningly busy and absorbed with her accounts. Now she leaned back in her chair, glanced at the watch at her wrist, and relaxed the cramped muscles of her body. "That's exactly it, Rose," said she to Mrs. Crawford. "Life is more complicated.
They don't give money to their husbands. They tell their husbands, 'You give money to me. They just do everything themselves, writing cheques all the time!" "Really?" said Asako; "but my husband is the kindest and best man in the world!" "Quite right, quite right. Love your husband like a good little girl. But don't forget your old lawyer, Ito. I was your father's friend.
The letter received by Richard Shandon, eight months before, ran as follows: "August 2nd, 1859. "To Mr. Richard Shandon, "Liverpool. "SIR, I beg to advise you that the sum of sixteen thousand pounds sterling has been placed in the hands of Messrs. Marcuart and Co., bankers, of Liverpool. I join herewith a series of cheques, signed by me, which will allow you to draw upon the said Messrs.
The deal went on, and after a while two aces came out together, and two more of the red cheques were mine. I suffered all four pieces, now worth twenty dollars, to lie. I had not come there to amuse myself. My purpose was very different; and, impelled by that purpose, I was resolved not to waste time.
Jeanne's statement that she had seen Forrest leaving the Red Hall with the car empty except for himself, he had never regarded seriously. Even now he could only conclude that she had been mistaken. "Have any large cheques been presented against your brother's account?" he asked. The Duke shook his head. "Not one," he answered. "Have the detectives any clue at all?"
"If you are dissatisfied, if you feel that you have reason to believe that money rightfully belonging to you is being diverted to other channels, you have the right to issue an injunction against the bank, ordering it not to pay out any further money on any account nor to honor any cheques drawn by Miss Strong until the settlement of the estate.
So the Comptroller and I thence to a tavern hard by, and there did agree upon drawing up some letters to be sent to all the pursers and Clerks of the Cheques to make up their accounts. Then home; where I found the parson and his wife gone.
Another ten dollars won another lost another and another, and so on, now winning, now losing, now betting with cheques, now with gold-pieces until at length I felt to the bottom of my purse without encountering a coin! I rose from my seat, and turned towards D'Hauteville with a glance of despair. I needed not to tell him the result.
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