So it always is with great spirits.
'I'll tell you what you may do, if you like,' said Jonas; 'you may come
and dine with us at the Dragon. We were forced to come down to Salisbury
last night, on some business, and I got him to bring me over here this
morning, in his carriage; at least, not his own carriage, for we had
a breakdown in the night, but one we hired instead; it's all the same.
Mind what you're about, you know. He's not used to all sorts; he only
mixes with the best!'
'Some young nobleman who has been borrowing money of you at good
interest, eh?' said Mr Pecksniff, shaking his forefinger facetiously. 'I
shall be delighted to know the gay sprig.'
'Borrowing!' echoed Jonas. 'Borrowing! When you're a twentieth part as
rich as he is, you may shut up shop! We should be pretty well off if we
could buy his furniture, and plate, and pictures, by clubbing together.
A likely man to borrow: Mr Montague! Why since I was lucky enough (come!
and I'll say, sharp enough, too) to get a share in the Assurance office
that he's President of, I've made--never mind what I've made,' said
Jonas, seeming to recover all at once his usual caution.
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