This was the best construction that could be put upon the matter, and he did not think it would satisfy Mrs.Charnock.
"Why does a man give another a cheque ?" he rejoined, with a look of good-humor that he did not feel.
"The best reason I know of is--for value received.

But this doesn't apply.

You allowed it wasn't a debt, so Bob has got no value." "One sometimes pays for value one expects to get." Sadie laughed scornfully.

"If that's what Bob has done, he'll get badly stung.

There's nothing coming to him from a deal with you.