“Why not?”
“Smithers & Co,”
“Ah! yes.”
“They’ll be down on me now. That’s what I was afraid of all along.”
“How much do you owe them?”
“Seven hundred and two thousand pounds.”
“The devil! I thought it was only five hundred thousand.”
“It’s been growing every day. Its a dreadful dangerous thing to have unlimited credit.”
“Well, you’ve got something as an offset. The debts due the bank.”
“Johnnie,” said Potts, taking a long breath, “since Clark isn’t here I don’t mind telling you that my candid opinion is them debts isn’t worth a rush. A great crowd of people came here for money. I didn’t hardly ask a question. I shelled out royally. I wanted to be known, so as to get into Parliament some day. I did what is called ‘going it blind.’”