[In Luck at Last by Walter Besant]@TWC D-Link bookIn Luck at Last CHAPTER XIII 9/41
"Stick to business.
Payment in full.
Those are my terms." "You think, then, that the Precepts of your Sage are only intended for men while they sit in the church? Many Englishmen think so, I have observed." "Payment in full, mister.
That's what I want." He banged his fist on the table. "No abatement? No mercy shown to an old man on the edge of the grave? Think, Mr.Chalker.You will soon be as old as Mr.Emblem, your hair as white, your reason as unsteady--" "Payment in full, and no more words." "It is well.
Then, Mr.Chalker, I have another proposal to make to you." "I thought we should come to something more.
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