“You got it for two hundred thousand.”
“Because it was thrown away, and dropped into my hands.”
“It’ll be thrown away again at this rate. You owe Smithers & Co.”
“Pooh! that’s all offset by securities which I hold.”
“Queer securities!”
“All good,” said Potts. “All first-rate. It’ll be all right. We’ll have to put it through.”
“But what if it isn’t all right?” asked Clark, savagely.
“You forget that I have Smithers & Co. to fall back on.”
“If your bank breaks, there is an end of Smithers & Co.”
“Oh no. I’ve got this estate to fall back on, and they know it. I can easily explain to them. If they had only been in town I shouldn’t have had to make this sacrifice. You needn’t feel troubled about your money. I’ll give you security on the estate to any amount. I’ll give you security for seventy thousand,” said Potts.