"I want some money."
"Ah! how much?"
"Enough to take us to Australia, where we could commence a new life."
"You hinted at that some time ago, Dan."
"Yes, sir."
"That's what you meant when you said you wanted a friend?"
"Yes, sir."
"And I took no notice of it, like a hard-hearted old hunks as I am. Do you know why I took no notice of it, Dan?"
"No, sir."
"Because I didn't want to part from you--because I didn't want to lose the only friends I have in the world--because I thought only of myself; and how lonely I should feel when you and my little Ellen and the good mother were thousands of miles away. Well, well! Old as I am, I'm not too old to learn from younger heads. Look you, my lad! But stop--we'll have the women up."