"The cards never do stand to any one, Mr. Fitzgerald."
"Never;--never,--never!" said Burgo. "At any rate, they never did to me. Nothing ever does stand to me."
"If you want twenty thousand francs,--that's eight hundred pounds, I think--I can let you have it without any trouble."
"The devil you can!"
"Oh, yes. As I am travelling with my family--" I wonder whether Mr. Palliser considered himself to be better entitled to talk of his family than he had been some three or four weeks back--"As I am travelling with my family, I have been obliged to carry large bills with me, and I can accommodate you without any trouble."

"The cards never do stand to any one, Mr. Fitzgerald."
"Never!" said Burgo. "At any rate, they never did to me."
"If you want twenty thousand francs - that's eight hundred pounds, I think - I can let you have it without any trouble."
"The devil you can!"
"Oh, yes. As I am travelling with my family, I have been obliged to carry large bills with me, and I can accommodate you without any difficulty."
