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Man, Drumsheugh, ye poverty-stricken cratur, I've naethin' in this world but a handfu' o' books and a ten-pund note for my funeral, and yet, if it wasna I have all my brither's bairns tae keep, I wud pay every penny mysel'. But I'll no see Geordie sent to the plough, tho' I gang frae door to door.
"I say, governor, don't you want a broker to bid for ye?" "Wink at me next time, sir; I'll do the office for you." "No greenhorns left now." "That lady won't give a ten-pund note for her grandfather's armchair." "Oh, yes, she will, if it's stuffed with banknotes." "Put the next lot up with the owner's name and the reserve price. Open business." "And sing a psalm at starting."
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