'
'No!' said Tigg in an insinuating tone.
'No!' returned Jonas, 'I'm not indeed. I'll play old Gooseberry with the
office, and make you glad to buy me out at a good high figure, if you
try any of your tricks with me.'
'I give you my honour--' Montague began.
'Oh! confound your honour,' interrupted Jonas, who became more coarse
and quarrelsome as the other remonstrated, which may have been a part of
Mr Montague's intention; 'I want a little more control over the money.
You may have all the honour, if you like; I'll never bring you to book
for that. But I'm not a-going to stand it, as it is now. If you should
take it into your honourable head to go abroad with the bank, I don't
see much to prevent you. Well! That won't do. I've had some very good
dinners here, but they'd come too dear on such terms; and therefore,
that won't do.'
'I am unfortunate to find you in this humour,' said Tigg, with a
remarkable kind of smile; 'for I was going to propose to you--for your
own advantage; solely for your own advantage--that you should venture a
little more with us.'
'Was you, by G--?' said Jonas, with a short laugh.
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