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OLIVIA _wheels her over to the cupboard above the fireplace._
OLIVIA: If you give me the key, I'll get it for you.
MRS. BRAMSON: No fear! _She unlocks the cupboard; it turns out to be
a small but very substantial safe.
(Unlocking the safe, muttering to herself_)
Won't go into Shepperley, indeed ... never heard of such
impertinence....
_She takes out a cash-box from among some deeds, unlocks it with the
smaller key, and takes out a mass of five-pound and pound notes._
The way these servants--what are you staring at? OLIVIA: Isn't it
rather a lot of money to have in the house?
MRS. BRAMSON: "Put not your trust in banks" is my motto, and always
will be.
OLIVIA: But that's hundreds of pounds! It----
MRS. BRAMSON (_handing her two notes_): D'you wonder I wouldn't
let you have the key?
OLIVIA: Has ... anybody else asked you for it?
MRS. BRAMSON (_locking the cash-box and putting it back in the
safe_): I wouldn't let a soul touch it. Not a soul. Not even Danny.
_She snaps the safe, locks it, and slips the keys back into her
bosom.
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