As for your independent property--I don't believe you have a hundred pounds in the world; but it is easy enough to prove that I am mistaken there.

Let me see the money down.

Show me your three or four thousand pounds in gold, or notes that I know, for I must needs be particular with so clever a young gentleman; notes of the Bank of England, or of the Miners' Bank at Plymouth.

Let me hold them in my hand, and then I shall feel that you are speaking the truth.

At present, I tell you fairly, that if I saw a check of yours, I should look upon it as so much waste paper until I also saw it honored." "Three thousand pounds is a large sum, Mr.Trevethick," said Richard, thoughtfully.
"Let us say two, then," returned the landlord, mockingly.