"I did mention the word."
"Salary and wages is one. A salary is a nice thing if it's paid regular. I had a salary once myself for looking after a stud of 'orses at Newmarket, only the gentleman broke up and it never went very far."
"Was that Marley Bullock?"
"Yes; that was Marley Bullock. He's abroad somewhere now with nothing a year paid quarterly to live on. I think he does a little at cards. He'd had a good bit of money once, but most of it was gone when he came my way."
"You didn't make by him?"
"I didn't lose nothing. I didn't have a lot of 'orses under me without getting something out of it."
"What am I to do?" asked Tifto. "I can sell him a horse now and again. But if I give him anything good there isn't much to come out of that."
"Very little I should say. Don't he put his money on his 'orses?"
"Not very free. I think he's coming out freer now."
"What did he stand to win on the Derby?"