'Only he would like to have a bribe.' 'A bribe!' said Scott.

'Come, my dear fellow, don't you make an ass of yourself.

Val is like the rest of us; when money is going, he likes to have a share of it.

If you come to that, every man who is paid either for talking or for not talking is bribed.' 'I don't know that I ever heard of a much clearer case of a bribe than this which you now demand for your brother.' 'Bribe or no bribe,' said Undy, looking at his watch, 'I strongly advise you to do for him what he asks; it will be better for all of us.

And let me give you another piece of advice: never use hard words among friends.