"Of course I can't take it up at the end of two months."
"I dare say not," said Vavasor.
"But he won't come upon you then,--nor for a year or more afterwards. I did pay you what you lent me before."
"Yes, you did. I always thought that to be a special compliment on your part."
"And you'll find I'll pull you through now in some way. If I don't succeed in this I shall go off the hooks altogether soon; and if I were dead my people would pay my debts then."

"Of course I can't pay up at the end of two months."
"I dare say not," said Vavasor.
"But he won't come upon you for a year or more afterwards. I did pay you what you lent me before."
