spade-guinea

Updated: May 18, 2025

Also he could not rid his mind of a terror that his wealth might prove, after all, to be fairy gold, and vanish in air. It was a relief in a way to find that Mr Pamphlett, after ringing each coin on his table, had accepted the seven pieces for currency. But this business of the spade-guinea raised a new scare to agitate him.

Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - Nicky-Nan, Reservist