But as soon as she had told her story, the voluble Briggs repented of her frankness and besought my lord not to tell Mr. Crawley of the confessions which she had made. "The Colonel was so kind--Mr. Crawley might be offended and pay back the money, for which she could get no such good interest anywhere else." Lord Steyne, laughing, promised he never would divulge their conversation, and when he and Miss Briggs parted he laughed still more.

But Briggs, immediately repenting of her frankness, begged my lord not to tell Crawley of her confessions. "The Colonel was so kind - he might be offended and pay back the money, for which she could not get such good interest elsewhere." Lord Steyne, laughing, promised never to divulge their conversation.
