I shall require you, sir, to at once make over the plots of land to us--to the firm, you understand.

We shall give you your price, of course, although I expect you paid much more for it than we should have done.

Still, we must give you what you paid, and four per cent interest for your money." "I am sorry," Tavernake replied, "but I am afraid that I should require better terms than that.

In fact," he continued, "I do not wish to sell.
I have given a great deal of thought and time to this matter, and I intend to carry it out as a personal speculation." "Then you will carry it out, sir, from some other place than from within the walls of my office," Mr.Dowling declared, furiously.

"You understand that, Tavernake ?" "Perfectly," Tavernake answered.