I represented to him that if he had so little money as he said, 'twas ridiculous to hazard at all.

He replied that 'twas too little to be of any value, and he would either have it double or quit.

After many objections on my side and replies on his, I was so weak to be overcome by his entreaties, and flattered myself also that I was doing a very heroic action, in trying to make a man's fortune though I did not care for his addresses.

He left me with these imaginations, and my first care was to employ his money to the best advantage.

I laid it all out in stock, the general discourse and private intelligence then scattered about being of a great rise.