"Why?
His memory has gone--save for occasional fits of passion in which he raves at you.

What would people say ?--that you tried to kill him with brandy, that the clause in the concession was a direct incentive for you to get rid of him, and you left him in the bush only a few miles from Buckomari to be seized by the natives.

Besides, how can you pay him half?
I know pretty well how you stand.

On paper, beyond doubt you are a millionaire; but what if all claims were suddenly presented against you to be paid in sovereigns?
I tell you this, my friend, Mr.Scarlett Trent, and I am a man of experience and I know.

To-day in the City it is true that you could raise a million pounds in cash, but let me whisper a word, one little word, and you would be hard pressed to raise a thousand.