6/23 I'll pound it, that Barney's managing properly. Let him alone for that.' 'Will _he_ be here to-night ?' asked the Jew, laying the same emphasis on the pronoun as before. 'Yes.' 'Certain,' replied the man, drawing a gold watch from his fob; 'I expected him here before now. If you'll wait ten minutes, he'll be--' 'No, no,' said the Jew, hastily; as though, however desirous he might be to see the person in question, he was nevertheless relieved by his absence. 'Tell him I came here to see him; and that he must come to me to-night. |