CHINN Six pounds, sir, Mr. Cohen says it comes to.
GEOFFREY Won't they accept repayment?
MRS. CHINN Yes, sir. Mr. Cohen has been very nice about it. He
is going to let me pay it off by instalments.
GEOFFREY Well, then, that gets over most of the trouble.
MRS. CHINN Well, you see, sir, unfortunately, Mr. Cohen gave
information to the police the moment he discovered it.
GEOFFREY Umph! Can't he say he made a mistake?
MRS. CHINN They say it must go for trial, sir. That he can only
withdraw the charge in court.
GEOFFREY Um!
MRS. CHINN You see, sir--a thing like that--[She recovers
herself.] It clings to a lad.
GEOFFREY What do you want me to do?
MRS. CHINN Well, sir, I thought that, perhaps--you see, sir, he
has got a brother in Canada who would help him; and I thought that
if I could ship him off -
GEOFFREY You want me to tip the wink to the police to look the
other way while you smuggle this young malefactor out of the
clutches of the law?
MRS. CHINN [Quite indifferent to the moral aspect of the case.
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