12/13 There is no hurry." "But I am in a hurry because, if I do not pay Jardine, I shall find myself in the street, which would not be a position to offer to a wife." "In the street? If he does, as we presume he will, proceed by a replevin, we shall have sufficient time before the judgment. Do you owe anything to your landlord ?" "The lease expired on the fifteenth." "Do not pay it." "That is easy; it is the only thing that is easy for me to do." "It is an obstacle in the way of your Jardine, and may stop him a moment. We can manage this way more easily. The important thing is to warn me as soon as the fire begins. |