Chapter 7

to the nearest station-house--Mrs. Dinneford visits Mrs. Bray again--Fresh alarms--“She's got you in her power”---“Money is of no account”--The knock at the door--Mrs. Dinneford in hiding--The visitor gone--Mrs. Bray reports the woman insatiable in her demands--Must have two hundred dollars by sundown--No way of escape except through police interference--“People who deal with the devil generally have the devil to pay”--Suspicion--A mistake--Sound of feet upon the stairs--Mrs. Dinneford again in hiding--Enter Pinky Swett--Pinky disposed of--Mrs. Dinneford again released--Mrs. Bray's strategy--“Let us be friends still, Mrs. Bray”--Mrs. Dinneford's deprecation and humiliation--Mrs. Bray's triumph