It is--well, of course, it's a blow.

If your news be true, I stand to lose fifty thousand; and shall be worth about as much as a Nabob spends yearly on his liveries.' Dr.Addington, in evident distress, thrust back his wig.

'Is it as bad as that ?' he said.

'Dear, dear, I did not dream of this.' 'Nor I,' Sir George said drily.

'Or I should not have betted with March.' 'And the old house!' the doctor continued, more and more moved.