I do happen to know the source from which her income came.
She--made a secret of it--in a measure." "Pray don't tell me anything of that sort.

Your legal adviser might not approve." "But what does it matter now?
Poor Edith is dead.

Her affairs cannot help being dragged into the light of day.

She had some railway shares and bonds, some of which were left to her by her father, and others which came under a marriage settlement, but the greater part of her revenue was derived from a monthly payment made by the bank of which Mr.
James Creighton Forbes is the head." Miss Beale naturally misinterpreted the blank stare with which Theydon received this remarkable statement.
"I don't see why any one should wish to conceal a simple matter of business like that," she said nervously.

"May I explain that I have an impression, not founded on anything quite tangible, that Mr.Forbes was largely interested in the syndicate which sent Arthur Lester to China, so it is very likely that the payment of an annuity, or pension, to Arthur's widow would be left in his care.