I tell you now one thing, which is, that if you do not take back the purse, I will quarrel with you; and it shall be for good and all.

I'll drop your acquaintance, no longer call you my pal, and not even say sarshan to you when I meet you by the road-side.

Hir mi diblis I never will." I saw by Jasper's look and tone that he was in earnest, and, as I had really a regard for the strange being, I scarcely knew what to do.

"Now, be persuaded, brother," said Mr.Petulengro, taking up the purse and handing it to me; "be persuaded; put the purse into your pocket, and buy the horse." "Well," said I, "if I did so, would you acknowledge the horse to be yours, and receive the money again as soon as I should be able to repay you ?" "I would, brother, I would," said he; "return me the money as soon as you please, provided you buy the horse." "What motive have you for wishing me to buy that horse ?" said I.

"He's to be sold for fifty pounds," said Jasper, "and is worth four times that sum; though, like many a splendid bargain, he is now going a begging; buy him, and I'm confident that in a little time a grand gentleman of your appearance may have anything he asks for him, and found a fortune by his means.