“Any money on hand to-night, Charley, my boy, eh? You promised, you know. I thought I’d call, and see if you had got the £50.”
“Money!” said Charley, with affected surprise, gazing with much earnestness at his friend smoking; “money? No! How should I have any? I never have any, you know; I’m not like you fellows with rich daddies, who can give ’em a check occasionally. I wish I had, my boy, but I haven’t got a penny. Sorry I disappointed you, Phillip; I imagined I could borrow it for you, but couldn’t.”
Conversation was continued between the friends, but on the part of young Warbeck with much difficulty, for his unnatural excitement almost choked utterance.
During a pause in their conversation a single knock was heard at his door!
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