"Do you show mercy?"
"I would, were our positions changed."
"What about that loan made to Hiram Smith which you foreclosed only a few days ago?"
"He is a beat; he never meant to pay."
"I do not believe that. Had I known of it in time I would have saved him. For a few paltry hundreds you scooped in his property worth thousands."
"That was business; he could not pay, and—"
"Ah! you see where you are, don't you? This is business, as I said. It is your own kind of business. Can you square accounts with me, Mr. Brown, if I give you an hour?"
"Impossible."
"Then I must take possession here, and will send at once for the proper authorities."
"You will take charge? By what right?"