And then I put it to myself, "Regarding the money.

It is a pot of money." For it IS a pot,' said Mr Riderhood, with candour, 'and why deny it ?' 'Hear!' from Eugene as he touched his drawing.
'"It is a pot of money; but is it a sin for a labouring man that moistens every crust of bread he earns, with his tears--or if not with them, with the colds he catches in his head--is it a sin for that man to earn it?
Say there is anything again earning it." This I put to myself strong, as in duty bound; "how can it be said without blaming Lawyer Lightwood for offering it to be earned ?" And was it for ME to blame Lawyer Lightwood?
No.' 'No,' said Eugene.
'Certainly not, Governor,' Mr Riderhood acquiesced.

'So I made up my mind to get my trouble off my mind, and to earn by the sweat of my brow what was held out to me.

And what's more, he added, suddenly turning bloodthirsty, 'I mean to have it! And now I tell you, once and away, Lawyer Lightwood, that Jesse Hexam, commonly called Gaffer, his hand and no other, done the deed, on his own confession to me.

And I give him up to you, and I want him took.