But it's not altogether quite too late yet.' 'I'll give you an answer to-morrow, Mr.Bollum.' 'I must be in town to-night.' 'I will be with you in London to-morrow if you will give me an address.
All that you have said is true; but I cannot do this thing without thinking of it.' 'You'll come alone ?' 'Yes,--alone.' 'As a gentleman ?' 'On my word as a gentleman I will come alone.' Then Bollum gave him an address,--not the place at which he resided, but a certain coffee-house in the City, at which he was accustomed to make appointments.

'And don't you see any lawyer,' said Bollum, shaking his finger.

'You can't do any good that way.

It stands to reason that no lawyer would let you pay twenty thousand pounds to get out of any scrape.

He and you have different legs to stand upon.' Then Mr.Bollum went away, and was driven back in his gig to the Cambridge Hotel.
As soon as the front door was closed Hester hurried down to her husband, whom she found still in the hall.