the polish rider

You upset me, Richard. You upset me very much."
　　"You might as well be warned. What I didn't quite like was one of her other questions. Why is she so anxious to knowwho'd inherit her money if she dies?"
　　"It's queer yoursaying that, because she asked me that same question."
　　"Did she now? Why should her mind run on earlydeath? She asked me about her mother, by the way."
　　Colonel Luscombe's voicesounded worried as he said: "I wish Bess would get in touchwith the girl."
　　"Have you been talking to her on the subject –to Bess, I mean?"