This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1858 edition. Excerpt: ...answered the captain. " It's a good bill as it is, and, if you don't like to do it, you may let it alone." So well did Captain Crosier understand Mr. Dancer's policy, that even the most decided refusals did not put an end to the negotiation. It was a fight of diplomacy between them, the captain pleading ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1858 edition. Excerpt: ...answered the captain. " It's a good bill as it is, and, if you don't like to do it, you may let it alone." So well did Captain Crosier understand Mr. Dancer's policy, that even the most decided refusals did not put an end to the negotiation. It was a fight of diplomacy between them, the captain pleading hardest when the money-lender most seemed to draw back, and the latter throwing out some words of hope, and appearing to relent whenever Merton evinced a disposition to give the matter up as a bad job. During the acting of this scene, Mr. Dancer was so greatly affected that it brought back a return of his illness, and he had to take a dose from a bottle containing a dark-brown fluid--evidently a tincture, for it smelt strongly of alcohol. This appeared to relieve him, for presently he exclaimed, " How much have you had from me?" though he knew the amount well enough, and merely as a matter of form turned over the leaves of a ledger at his elbow. " Three thousand four hundred pounds! That's a large sum of money. And what security have I got for it? None!" There is never more necessity for a man to be upon his guard than when his companion says, whilst discussing, " Now let us speak plainly, and understand one another." It is an acknowledgment that hitherto the latter has acted with duplicity. As he has done so with a show of straightforward conduct, it is certain that the words to come will not be less doubtful than those that have already been spoken. So, when Captain Crosier made this exclamation, Mr. Dancer, who knew the world thoroughly, was not one whit the more inclined to place implicit confidence in his client. He nevertheless assumed an air indicative of the most entire trust. " I owe you three...
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