A dealer would have asked a hundred and fifty.
At any rate, Mr.Fortescue did not think it too much, for Rawlings presently brought me word that his master would take the horse at the price I had named, if I could warrant him sound.
"In that case it is a bargain," I said, "for I can warrant him sound." "All right, sir.

I'll send one of the grooms over to your place for him to-morrow." Shortly afterward I fell in with Keyworth, and as a matter of course we talked about Mr.Fortescue.
"Do you know anything about him ?" I asked.
"Not much.

I believe he is rich--and respectable." "That is pretty evident, I think." "I am not sure.

A man who spends a good deal of money is presumably rich; but it by no means follows that he is respectable.

There are such people in the world as successful rogues and wealthy swindlers.