6/41 The bill of sale is for three hundred and fifty pounds. Pay that three hundred and fifty, with costs and sheriff's poundage, and I take away my man. If you don't pay it, then the books on the shelves and the furniture of the house go to the hammer." "The books, I am informed," said Lala Roy, "will not bring as much as a hundred pounds if they are sold at auction. As for the furniture, some of it is mine, and some belongs to Mr.Emblem's granddaughter." "His granddaughter! Oh, it's a swindle," said Mr.Chalker angrily. "It is nothing more or less than a rank swindle. |