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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 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.
At this a light came into his face, and after some seconds of rumination he dispatched 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.
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