"You have sold de house--den you have neither de house nor de monish. Oh! my monish, my monish! Sare, Mr Newland, you are one d----d rascal;" and the old wretch's frame quivered with emotion; his hand behind his back shaking as much as the other which, in his rage, he shook in my face. Enraged myself at being called such an opprobrious term, I opened the door, twisted him round, and applying my foot to a nameless part, he flew out and fell down the stairs, at the turning of which he lay, groaning in pain. "Mine Got, mine Got, I am murdered!" cried he. "Fader Abraham, receive me." My rage was appeased, and I turned pale at the idea of having killed the poor wretch. With the assistance of Timothy, whom I summoned, we dragged the old man upstairs, and placed him in a chair, and found that he was not very much hurt. A glass of wine was given to him, and then, as soon as he could speak, his ruling passion broke out again. "Mishter Newland--ah, Mish-ter New-land, cannot you give me my monish--cannot you give me de tousand pound, without de interest? you are very welcome to de interest. I only lend it to oblige you." "How can you expect a d----d rascal to do any such thing?" replied I. "D----d rascal! Ah! it vash I who vash a rascal, and vash a fool to say the word. Mishter Newland, you vash a gentleman, you vill pay me my monish. You vill pay me part of my monish. I have de agreement in my pocket, all ready to give up." "If I have not the money, how can I pay you?" "Fader Abraham, if you have not de monish--you must have some monish; den you will pay me a part. How much vill you pay me?" "Will you take five hundred pounds, and return the agreement?" "Five hundred pounds--lose half--oh! Mr Newland--it was all lent in monish, not in goods; you will not make me lose so much as dat?" "I'm not sure that I will give you five hundred pounds; your bond is not worth two-pence, and you know it." "Your honour, Mishter Newland, is worth more dan ten tousand pounds: but if you have not de monish, den you shall pay me de five hundred pounds which you offer, and I will give up de paper." "I never offered five hundred pounds." "Not offer; but you mention de sum, dat quite enough." "Well then, for five hundred pounds, you will give up the paper?" "Yes; I vash content to loshe all de rest, to please you."