"I would not give one penny for such a check." "I will get it changed myself, Mr.Trevethick, at Plymouth.

The post has gone, but I will write to-morrow, and within the week--" "You shall not stay here a week, nor another twenty-four hours," roared Trevethick.

"I have been made a fool of long enough.

I will not listen to another word." But he did listen, nevertheless.

No longer hampered by vague fears and difficulties, with which he knew not how to grapple, but with a distinct plan of operations before him, Richard's eloquence was irresistible.
Deceit, if not habitual with him, had been practiced too often to lack the gloss of truth from his ready tongue.