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If it didn't take place, I only lost a situation, for master had but just enough money to pay his detts; and it wooden soot my book to serve him in prisn or starving. "Well," says my lord, "you see the force of my argument. Flesh and blood cooden bear it. "My lord," says I, laying my hand upon my busm, "only give me security, and I'm yours for ever."
"Yes, sir." "You gave her my message?" "Yes, sir." "And you are quite sure Lord Crabs was not there when you gave either the message or the note?" "Not there upon my honor," says I. "Hang your honor, sir! Brush my hat and coat, and go CALL A COACH do you hear?" I did as I was ordered; and on coming back found master in what's called, I think, the greffe of the prisn.
To do so he must first git out of prisn to get out of prisn he must pay his debts and to pay his debts, he must give every shilling he was worth. Never mind: four thousand pound is a small stake to a reglar gambler, igspecially when he must play it, or rot for life in prisn; and when, if he plays it well, it will give him ten thousand a year.
He came in as Miss, in tears, was lisning to my account of master's seazure, and hoping that the prisn wasn't a horrid place, with a nasty horrid dunjeon, and a dreadfle jailer, and nasty horrid bread and water. Law bless us! she had borrod her ideers from the novvles she had been reading! "O my lord, my lord," says she, "have you heard this fatal story?" "Dearest Matilda, what?
For heaven's sake, you alarm me! What yes no is it no, it can't be! Speak!" says my lord, seizing me by the choler of my coat. "What has happened to my boy?" "Please you, my lord," says I, "he's at this moment in prisn, no wuss, having been incarserated about two hours ago." "In prison! Algernon in prison! 'tis impossible! Imprisoned, for what sum?
Deuceace, in a very myjestic way, takes out of his pocketbook four thowsnd pun notes. "This is not French money, but I presume that you know it, M. Greffier," says he. The greffier turned round to old Solomon, a money-changer, who had one or two clients in the prisn, and hapnd luckily to be there. "Les billets sont bons," says he.
On going back to prisn, I found Deuceace locked up in that oajus place to which his igstravygansies had deservedly led him; and felt for him, I must say, a great deal of contemp. A raskle such as he a swindler, who had robbed poar Dawkins of the means of igsistance; who had cheated his fellow-roag, Mr.
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