He hated to think of a customer going to somebody else.

In fact, this was, for a debtor, an unpardonable offense.
"Charnock's trouble is that he's not quite straight.

Ought to have stayed with me, told me how he was fixed, and let me see what I could do.

If he's going to deal with the new man, I'd better pull him up and try to get my money back." "You can't get it," said Keller dryly.

"He can't pay now, and if you let him go on until harvest, you'll have a crowd of others with long bills fighting for what's left." "Looks like that," the dealer agreed.