Name a round sum and I'll try to meet you.

What d'ye say ?" "Would five guineas---- ?" "What!" shrieked Lavinia's mother.

"And you call yourself a gentleman ?" "The sum I admit is a small one, but as you seemed anxious to get your daughter off your hands I thought I was doing you a service by putting the girl in a way to earn a good living." "I dare say.

I'm not to be taken in like that.

Fine words butter no parsnips.