"Don't you know?--I gave you a thousand pounds, and I was to have ten shares."
"You must come about that on the proper day, to the proper place."
"When is the proper day?"
"It is the twentieth of each month I think." Sir Felix looked very blank at hearing this, knowing that this present was the twenty-first of the month. "But what does that signify? Do you want a little money?"
"Well, I do," said Sir Felix. "A lot of fellows owe me money, but it's so hard to get it."

"I gave you a thousand pounds, and I was to have ten shares."
"You must come about that on the proper day, to the proper place."
"When is the proper day?"
"It is the twentieth of each month." Sir Felix looked very blank at hearing this, since it was now the twenty-first. "Do you need a little money?"
"Well, I do," said Sir Felix. "A lot of fellows owe me money, but it's so hard to get it."
