We are almost brother and sister." "I know; and I am sure, Mr.Washington, we ought to be most grateful to you.

As for the money you have expended upon her, let me once more beg of you--" Joe waved his hand majestically.
"As for that," he said, "the money is spent.

Iris is welcome to it, if it were ten times as much.

Now, madam, you trusted me, the very first day that you saw me, with two hundred pounds sterling.

Only an English lady would have done that.