human
N-o-o, I don't think so. Mrs. Bliss spoke guardedly.
gpt
She's a lot of gentlemen buzzing around her, but that's only to be expected; and as far as I can hear there's not one that buzzes closer than another. To tell you the truth, Sophy, I'm puzzled about those Germaines. It's no business of mine, of course, but she spends three times as much as she did when I first began dressing her and she don't mind now what she does pay,--very different to what she used to do! It's only the best that's good enough for my lady now.
human
Germaine's an army chap, isn't he?
gpt
He was--and a handsome fellow he is, too. He came into a good bit of money just after they got married, but that must be melting pretty quick. Why, she goes everywhere! Last season she really wore her clothes out. They --she waved her hand comprehensively round a vague area comprising Marylebone and Mayfair--
human
Then I suppose you don't bother about your money.
gpt
Yes, I do, said Mrs. Bliss shortly.
human
I'm not that kind; I don't work for the King of Prussia, as my French tailor used to say.
gpt
I _do_ get my money from Mrs. Germaine, but lately,--well, I won't say lately, but for the last eighteen months or so, _she's always paid me in notes_, two, three, sometimes four hundred pounds at a time, always in five-pound notes.