He had asked and received more than his due.

But in the matter of his sweet self, he had been choused, as he termed it.

And my gentleman had baffled him, he could not quite tell how; but he had been got the better of; his sarcasms had not stuck, and returned to rankle in the bosom of their author.

As a Jew, therefore, may eye an erewhile bondsman who has paid the bill, but stands out against excess of interest on legal grounds, the postillion regarded Evan, of whom he was now abreast, eager for a controversy.
'Fine night,' said the postillion, to begin, and was answered by a short assent.

'Lateish for a poor man to be out--don't you think sir, eh ?' 'I ought to think so,' said Evan, mastering the shrewd unpleasantness he felt in the colloquy forced on him.
'Oh, you! you're a gentleman!' the postillion ejaculated.
'You see I have no money.' 'Feel it, too, sir.' 'I am sorry you should be the victim.' 'Victim!' the postillion seized on an objectionable word.