"I don't think it's my fault," said Miles. "Of course no one thought he was to be called upon in this sort of way."
"Why shouldn't you be called upon?" said Carbury. "You acknowledge that you owe the money."
"I think Carbury ought to have paid it," said Grasslough.
"Grassy, my boy," said the baronet, "your attempts at thinking are never worth much. Why was I to suppose that a stranger would be playing among us? Had you a lot of ready money with you to pay if you had lost it? I don't always walk about with six hundred pounds in my pocket;--nor do you!"

"I don't think it's my fault," said Miles. "Of course no one expected to be called upon in this way."
"Why shouldn't you be called upon?" said Carbury. "You acknowledge that you owe the money."
"I think Carbury ought to have paid it," said Grasslough.
"Grassy, my boy," said the baronet, "your attempts at thinking are never worth much. Why was I to suppose that a stranger would be playing among us? I don't walk about with six hundred pounds in my pocket - nor do you!"
