When Miss Saxon got the money she transferred the business to her own lawyer.

I had to give the bill up." "Ah!" said Mallow meaningly, "I see now the hold you had over Basil." "Yes, that was my hold.

I did not want to give up the bill.

But it had been met, and as Miss Loach is dead, there was a difficulty in proving the signature to be a forgery.

I therefore gave the bill to Miss Saxon.