“And I wouldn’t take it if it would,” said Jack. “But I can’t understand it! Only last week he was bothering me to take a hundred or two.”
Leonard shook his head.
“All I can tell you is, that he was simply furious. He said that he must and would have some money, that if you did not pay him he would——”
“Well?” said Jack, grimly.
“That he would put you through the Court,” said Leonard.
Jack turned pale.
“What am I to do?” he said. “I have been relying on the commissionership that Stephen promised, and Moss seemed quite willing to wait. I can’t find any money.”
Leonard shook his head.
“The man was furious. Worse than I have ever seen him. You will have to find some money somewhere. How much do you owe him?”
Jack tilted his hat on one side and scratched his head.