'I can lend it to you, Turk,' I said quite gladly.
'You, Chris! Your own money?'
'My own money--money that I have saved.'
'And you will lend it to me on that security?'
'What better do I want from you, Turk?'
He resumed his walk, and was silent for a few moments. When he paused before me, there was a soft bright light in his eyes.
'It's good to have a friend. But, first, let me tell you. Only twenty pounds of the eighty are for myself. I want that sum to pay off my debt to Mr. Glover. The other sixty is for another person; and I shall be quite twelve months in paying you back.'
'I am satisfied, and more so, because you will be free, and out of Mr. Glover's clutches. I can give you the money to-night. Mother has it.'
'Is it all you have saved, Chris?'
'No; I shall have a little left.'