"You're turning out badly, and any money you get you're pretty sure to make a bad use of.

But"-- he assumed an air of great solemnity--"all the same--now listen----" "I'm listening." "Just to show you the kind of a man I am, and to make you feel ashamed of yourself, I'm going to pay you the money." For a few seconds there was unbroken stillness.

The men gazed at each other, Dengate superbly triumphant, Hilliard incredulous but betraying excitement.
"I'm going to pay you four hundred and thirty-six pounds," Dengate repeated.

"No less and no more.

It isn't a legal debt, so I shall pay no interest.