"I don't know that I can do it. I don't know that Mr. Round can do it. Your money is chiefly on mortgage." Then there was a pause for a moment in the conversation. "Upon my word, I never heard of such a thing in my life," said Mr. Vavasor; "I never did. Four thousand pounds given away to such a man as that, in three months! Four thousand pounds! And you say you do not intend to marry him."
"Certainly not; all that is over."
"And does he know that it is over?"

"I don't know that Mr. Round can do it. Your money is chiefly on mortgage." He paused for a moment. "I never heard of such a thing. Four thousand pounds given away to such a man as that, in three months! And you say you do not intend to marry him."
"Certainly not; all that is over."
"And does he know that it is over?"
