“You slander the young lady.”

“ You slander the young lady; you with your affections and hearts and trumpery,” returned Mr. Boffin. “It’s of a piece with the rest of your behaviour. I heard of these doings of yours only last night, or you should have heard of ’em from me, sooner, take your oath of it. I heard of ’em from a lady with as good a headpiece as the best, and she knows this young lady, and I know this young lady, and we all three know that it’s money she makes a stand for⁠—money, money, money⁠—and that you and your affections and hearts are a lie, sir!”

“ Mrs. Boffin,” said Rokesmith, quietly turning to her, “for your delicate and unvarying kindness I thank you with the warmest gratitude. Goodbye! Miss Wilfer, goodbye!”