Yes, M.Clergeot, I can procure twenty-two thousand francs; I could have a hundred thousand to-morrow morning, if I saw fit.

They would only cost me the trouble of asking for them.

But that I will not do.
My extravagance, with all due deference to you, will remain a secret as heretofore.

I do not choose that my present embarrassed circumstances should be even suspected.

I will not relinquish, for your sake, that at which I have been aiming, the very day it is within my grasp." "He resists," thought the usurer; "he is less deeply involved than I imagined." "So," continued the advocate, "put your bills in the hands of your lawyer.