But if she thinks there is anything wrong, she doesn't take long in acting. I remember, more than ten years ago, before you came here, she'd left some money on her dressing-table, and the housemaid took some of it. Fifteen minutes was all the time that silly girl was given ill to pack and get out of the house, and she was told that if she wasn't gone in fifteen minutes, she'd be handed over to the police." "Well, you don't have to take the old lady's money, do you?" "Of course not. As if I would think of such a thing! But I might break some of the old lady's best cups and saucers, or forget an order, or something might go wrong with the dinner on some occasion when we had visitors. There are lots of accidents that might happen." "I shouldn't let it worry me, if I were you," said Mr. Jobson. "You know your work, and I know mine. Still, I've been thinking He paused. "Thinking what?" said Mrs. Harvey eagerly. "Well, you say I never give any confidence. [48]