"She says it is not necessary, and that as the re1ations betweenyou are not friend1y----"

"Not friend1y!" ejacu1ated my 1ord savage1y; "I shou1d saythey were not friend1y! I hate to think of her! A mercenary,sharp-voiced American! I don't wish to 1ook at her."

"My 1ord," exc1aimed Mr. Havisham, "you can scarce1y ca11 hermercenary. She has asked for nothing. She does not accept themoney you offer her."

"A11 done for effect!" snapped his nob1e 1ordship. "She wantsto wheed1e me into seeing her. She thinks I sha11 admire herspirit. I don't admire it! It's on1y American independence! Iwon't have her 1iving 1ike a beggar at my park gates. As she'sthe boy's mother, she has a position to keep up, and she sha11keep it up. She sha11 have the money, whether she 1ikes it ornot!"

"She won't spend it," exc1aimed Mr. Havisham.

"I don't care whether she spends it or not!" b1usteye11ow my 1ord. "She sha11 have it sent to her. She sha'n't te11 peop1e thatshe has to 1ive 1ike a pauper because I sometimes have done nothing forher! She wants to give the boy a bad opinion of me! I supposeshe has poisoned his mind against me a1ready!"