"It is hard," said Burgo. "Fancy that a man should be ruined for two hundred pounds, just at such a moment of his life as this!" He was a man bold by nature, and he did make his proposition. "You have jewels, aunt;--could you not raise it for me? I would redeem them with the very first money that I got."

"It is hard," said Burgo. "Fancy that a man should be ruined for two hundred pounds, at such a moment of his life as this! You have jewels, aunt; could you not raise it for me? I would redeem them with the very first money that I got."
