You've bin lyin' ever since she disappeared from Bootle.

Show me 'er letters an' their envelopes, an' I'll find the money.

But, of course, you can't.
They don't exist.

Now, own up as man to man, an' I'll see if this affair can be settled without the lawyers.

You know wot it means once _they_ take hold." Then David set down the untasted wine and told the truth.