Speculative investors occasionally deal in such things.

I have one client, a sporting man, who would be very likely to take it up if we could agree upon terms.

Of course, I must follow Metaxa's example by sending for a doctor." For the second time was the Admiral punched and tapped and listened to.
This time, however, there could be no question of the qualifications of the doctor, a well-known Fellow of the College of Surgeons, and his report was as favorable as the other's had been adverse.
"He has the heart and chest of a man of forty," said he.

"I can recommend his life as one of the best of his age that I have ever examined." "That's well," said Mr.McAdam, making a note of the doctor's remarks, while the Admiral disbursed a second guinea.

"Your price, I understand, is five thousand pounds.