The President means to stump up in style.

You take my tip, an' shut up about courts," said Coke.
"It'll cost Brazil a tidy penny," remarked Bulmer thoughtfully.

"Nobody would ever imagine wot bags of gold an' parcels of di'monds sailors an' firemen carry around in their kit-bags till a ship is lost an' a Gover'ment 'as to pay." Watts deemed this an exquisite joke.

He laughed loudly.
"That reminds me," he cried.

"W'en the _Gem of the Sea_ turned turtle on the James an' Mary----" A _criado_, a nondescript man-servant attached to the household, stooped over Iris and whispered something.