Yet "at home," in Poland, he had always lent money to the officers and gentry, when they ran temporarily short at cards.

They would knock him up in the middle of the night to obtain the means of going on with the game.

And in England he never refused to become surety for a loan when any of his poor friends begged the favor of him.

These loans ran from three to five pounds, but whatever the amount, they were very rarely paid.

The loan offices came down upon him for the money.