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"Well; if he goes out of the country, and stays away a certain number of years, the debt's outlawed, you know." "The deuce it is! Is it, though? I've been in debt, but I always managed to pull through without getting so far. But that's convenient for some fellows too." "I'm a little muddy about it, but I've heard something to this effect. I think the time is seven years.
"Think not, I pray you," returned I, "that there is any debt unsatisfied between us." He waved his hand in a melancholy way. "Indeed, I wish to serve you for the sake of past friendship between us, not only for that debt's sake." "In spite of my quarrel with your son?" asked I. "In spite of that, indeed," he said slowly, "though a great wedge was driven between us there."
"Upon my honour, I'd almost forgotten that bill," said Mr Shanklin, who had thought of little else for the last week. "It's not inconvenient, I hope?" Blandford laughed stupidly. "Sorry if a trifle like that was inconvenient," said he, with all the languor of a millionaire. "Forget what it was about. Some take in, I'll swear. Never mind, a debt's a debt, and here goes. How much is it?"
If you cannot pay at the time, you will be ashamed to see your creditor; you will be in fear when you speak to him; you will make poor, pitiful, sneaking excuses, and, by degrees, come to lose your veracity, and sink into base, downright lying; for, The second vice is lying, the first is running in debt, as poor Richard says; and again, to the same purpose, Lying rides upon debt's back . . .
Had B. acknowledged that such a debt had formerly subsisted but was since paid, it would be incumbent on B. to prove the payment by evidence, or on failure it would rest with A. to confirm the debt's being still due, by his oath. This is an invariable mode, observed in all cases of property.
He might have followed the example of some young men, and run into debt, in order to "cut a dash;" but he believed then, as he wrote afterwards, that "lying rides on debt's back," and that it is "better to go to bed supperless than to rise in debt;" or, as he expressed himself in other maxims, "Those have a short Lent who owe money to be paid at Easter," and "It is easier to build two chimneys than to keep one in fuel."
'Well, said I, 'that debt's paid; but there's one debt we can never pay as long as we live. 'I know it, says she; 'but Dr. Singletary wants no better reward for his kindness than to see us live happily together, and do for others what he has done for us." "Pshaw!" said the Doctor, catching up his reins and whip. "You owe me nothing. But I must not forget my errand.
He might have followed the example of some young men, and incurred a debt, in order "to cut a dash," but he believed then, as he wrote afterwards, that "lying rides on debt's back," and that it is "better to go to bed supperless than to rise in debt"; or, as he expressed himself in other maxims, "Those have a short Lent who owe money to be paid at Easter," and "It is easier to build two chimneys than to keep one in fuel."
The eyes of Nell glared at the group like those of an enraged tigress: she stamped her feet upon the floor, and struck it repeatedly with her stick, as she was in the habit of doing, when moved by strong and deadly passions. "You'll suffer for that, Mary," she exclaimed; "and as for you, Lamh Laudher More, my debt's not paid to you yet.
Blandford coloured up violently. "I'm not going to take it. I told him so," said he. "Oh yes, you are, you old humbug," said Horace, "so catch hold. A debt's a debt, you know." "It's not a debt," said Blandford. "I gave it to him, so good-night." "No, that won't do," said Horace. "He doesn't think so " "The fact is, the beggar couldn't pay for his own dinner, and Blandford had to pay it for him.
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