"You should make your running at once, and trust to bottom to carry you through." "But there was a horrid little Frenchwoman came in!" "What; a servant ?" "No; a friend.

Such a creature! You should have heard her talk.

A kind of confidential friend she seemed, who called her Julie.

I had to go away and leave her there, of course." "Ah! you'll have to tip that woman." "What, with money ?" "I shouldn't wonder." "It would come very expensive." "A tenner now and then, you know.

She would do your business for you.
Give her a brooch first, and then offer to lend her the money.