All this gold makes such a bulge in my pocket." When Zora explained that the coins were only used as counters and could be changed for notes at the rooms, he was astonished at her sapience.

He had never thought of it.

Thus Zora regained her sense of superiority.
This lunch was the first of many meals they had together; and meals led to drives and excursions, and to evenings at the theater.

If she desired still further to convince the wretch with the evil eyes of her befriended state, she succeeded; but the wretch and his friends speculated evilly on the relations between her and Septimus Dix.

They credited her with pots of money.