my monish, my monish! Sare, Mr Newland, you are one damned
rascal;" and the old wretch's frame quivered with emotion; his hand
behind his back shaking as much as the other which, in his rage, he
shook in my face.

Enraged myself at being called such an opprobrious term, I opened the
door, twisted him round, and applying my foot to a nameless part, he
flew out and fell down the stairs, at the turning of which he lay,
groaning in pain.

"Mine Got, mine Got, I am murdered," cried he. "Fader Abraham, receive
me." My rage was appeased, and I turned pale at the idea of having
killed the poor wretch. With the assistance of Timothy, whom I
summoned, we dragged the old man up stairs, and placed him in a chair,
and found that he was not very much hurt. A glass of wine was given to
him, and then, as soon as he could speak, his ruling passion broke out
again. "Mishter Newland--ah, Mishter Newland, cannot you give me my
monish--cannot you give me de tousand pound, without de interest? you
are very welcome to de interest. I only lend it to oblige you."

"How can you expect a damned rascal to do any such thing?" replied I.

"Damned rascal! Ah! it vash I who vash a rascal, and vash a fool to say
the word. Mishter Newland, you vash a gentleman, you vill pay me my
monish. You vill pay me part of my monish. I have de agreement in my
pocket, all ready to give up."

"If I have not the money, how can I pay you?"

"Fader Abraham, if you have not de monish--you must have some monish;
den you will pay me a part. How much vill you pay me?"

"Will you take five hundred pounds, and return the agreement?"

"Five hundred pounds--lose half--oh! Mr Newland--it was all lent in
monish, not in goods; you will not make me lose so much as dat?"

"I'm not sure that I will give you five hundred pounds; your bond is not
worth two-pence, and you know it."

"Your honour, Mishter Newland, is worth more dan ten tousand pounds: but
if you have not de monish, den you shall pay me de five hundred pounds
which you offer, and I will give up de paper."

"I never offered five hundred pounds."

"Not offer; but you mention de sum, dat quite enough."

"Well, then, for five hundred pounds, you will give up the paper?"

"Yes; I vash content to loshe all de rest, to please you."

I went to my desk, and took out five hundred pounds in notes. "Now,
there is the money, which you may put your hands on when you give up the
agreement." The old man p