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Of the last ten he had made a mixed pile, four broad coins at the base, six narrower ones above; and from this he had taken, purely by chance, the seven topmost to pay his debt that is to say, six sovereigns and one guinea-piece. Luck had stood his friend. A pretty business, had he gone to the banker with seven of those old-fashioned guineas!
And though he saved their tills from plunder from the French, the miserly rogues are loth to pay for the service." I rose, and taking a guinea-piece from my pocket, held it up before him. "They care this much for gold, sir, and less for his Majesty, who cares nothing for them," I said. And walking to the well near by, I dropped the piece carelessly into the clear water.
And though he saved their tills from plunder from the French, the miserly rogues are loth to pay for the service." I rose, and taking a guinea-piece from my pocket, held it up before him. "They care this much for gold, sir, and less for his Majesty, who cares nothing for them," I said. And walking to the well near by, I dropped the piece carelessly into the clear water.
A minute ago you complained that I took you up before you were down. Well, I'll improve on that by taking you down before you're up or up so far as you think yourself. Answer me. This is a piece of gold, eh?" "Why, of course. That's why I brought it to you." "What kind of a piece of gold?" "A guinea-piece. My father used to wear one on his watch-chain, and I recognised the likeness at once."
At this a light came into his face, and after some seconds of rumination he despatched Nance upon an errand. "Mr. Archer," said he, as soon as they were alone together, "would you give me a guinea-piece for silver?" "Why, sir, I believe I can," said Mr. Archer. And the exchange was just effected when Nance re-entered the apartment. The blood shot into her face.
A guinea-piece is a guinea-piece, and a guinea is twenty-one shillings; and twenty-one shillings, likely enough, is more'n you'll earn in a year outside o' your keep. Who gave it ye?" "A gentleman the Collector at the Inn just now. "Ho!" said the drug-seller, with a world of meaning. "But if," she went on, "it is worth so much as you say, there must be some mistake. Give it back to me, please.
Then the light burning in the window is " The Major nodded. "She is still in Tangier. And never a care for him has troubled her for two years, not so much as would bring a pucker to her pretty forehead all my arrears of pay to a guinea-piece." Wyley leaned across the rail of the balcony, watching the light, and as he watched he was aware that his feelings and his thoughts changed.
A little after, as I was jumping about after my limpets, I was startled by a guinea-piece, which fell upon a rock in front of me and glanced off into the sea. When the sailors gave me my money again, they kept back not only about a third of the whole sum, but my father's leather purse; so that from that day out, I carried my gold loose in a pocket with a button.
But now I hope you'll admit I was right, and there's a mystery about Nanjivell. Whether 'tis mixed up with his immorality or separate I won't pretend to decide, or not at this stage." "But anyway you can't make out a guinea-piece to be German," maintained Miss Oliver with a last show of obstinacy. "I don't say 'yes' or 'no' to that just yet," Mrs Polsue replied.
Then he leaned forward and picked up one of the coins. "I asked," he said, "because one of these happens to be a guinea-piece a spade guinea, and scarcely worn at all." "'Tis as good as a sovereign's worth, hey?" "Certainly: worth more in fact." "I'll trust 'ee for the difference then," said Nicky-Nan. "As for how I came by it, I came by it honest, an' that's enough.
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