"That's so, that's so.

I--you ought to have told me before.

Here's your money, and I'm obliged to you." "It ain't much," observed Marcus, sullenly.

"But I need all I can get now-a-days." "Are you--are you broke ?" inquired McTeague.
"And I ain't saying anything about your sleeping at the hospital that night, either," muttered Marcus, as he pocketed the coin.
"Well--well--do you mean--should I have paid for that ?" "Well, you'd 'a' had to sleep SOMEWHERES, wouldn't you ?" flashed out Marcus.

"You 'a' had to pay half a dollar for a bed at the flat." "All right, all right," cried the dentist, hastily, feeling in his pockets.