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“Only Deb is so proud that she will not take a penny from anyone, so you may as well stop thinking of that twenty thousand." He grinned. "And has Your Ladyship stopping thinking of it?" he enquired. "No one," said her ladyship severely, "can stop thinking of such a sum all in a trice, but I assure you it does not creep into my mind now above once or twice a day.” — Georgette Heyer
Only Deb is so proud that she will not take a penny from anyone, so you may as well stop thinking of that twenty thousand."
He grinned. "And has Your Ladyship stopping thinking of it?" he enquired.
"No one," said her ladyship severely, "can stop thinking of such a sum all in a trice, but I assure you it does not creep into my mind now above once or twice a day.