"You are certainly entitled to the interest.

You--" "They are _not_ mine," returned Anne decisively.

"Not until Mr.Thorpe is dead, if you please.

I am to have my pay after he has passed away, no sooner.

That was the bargain." "You did not hesitate to accept some rather expensive pearls if I remember correctly," said Mrs.Tresslyn bitingly.
"That was his affair, not mine," said Anne coolly.