I reply to the butcher, 'My good friend, if you knew it, you are paid.
You haven't had the trouble of coming to ask for the little bill.

You are paid.

I mean it.'" "But, suppose," said my guardian, laughing, "he had meant the meat in the bill, instead of providing it ?" "My dear Jarndyce," he returned, "you surprise me.

You take the butcher's position.

A butcher I once dealt with occupied that very ground.