I will not allow myself to be impudently cheated out of my
rights in this way. You will hear from me again madam, when the
Canadian mail arrives in England."
She walked toward the door. This time Lady Janet answered, as
readily and as explicitly as it was possible to desire.
"I shall refuse to receive your letters," she said.
Grace returned a few steps, threateningly.
"My letters shall be followed by my witnesses," she proceeded.
"I shall refuse to receive your witnesses."
"Refuse at your peril. I will appeal to the law."
Lady Janet smiled.
"I don't pretend to much knowledge of the subject," she said;
"but I should be surprised indeed if I discovered that you had
any claim on me which the law could enforce. However, let us
suppose that you _can_ set the law in action. You know as well as
I do that the only motive power which can do that is--money. I am
rich; fees, costs, and all the rest of it are matters of no sort
of consequence to me. May I ask if you are in the same position?"
The question silenced Grace. So far as money was concerned, she
was literally at the end of her resources. Her only friends were
friends in Canada.
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