"I tell ye, from what I've heerd, this London be a hard nut to crack.

There be plenty of kernel, no doubt, when you can get at it, but it be hard work to open the shell.

Now, if so be as at any time you run short of money, just drop me a line, and there's ten pound at your service whenever you like.
Don't you think it's an obligation.

Quite the other way.

It would be a real pleasure to me to lend you a helping hand." Two days after the sale Frank started for London.