"A little."
"The villain! to get judgment against me for a sum—"
"Which you didn't owe him?"
"Oh! yes. I owed it—but I hoped never to pay it."
"I understand; it's very hard."
"For that reason, I give you my word that I would much rather see the money in your hands than in his."
"If that is so, I think you will be content."
"But my receipt?"
"Come with us, and you shall have it in due form."
"How will you go to work to get it?"