“What resolution?”
“Never to leave this house empty-handed.”
“Pshaw! You forget the large sum you have received of me within these three days.”
“No, squire, I do not: but I have told you my resolve—I shall charge for my visits here.”
“And pray how much do you expect to receive whenever I am honoured by your presence?” sneered Learmont.
“I shall leave that to your generosity,” said Britton.
“And how often do you purpose coming?”
“As often as the humour takes me, or my wants require,” replied the smith, insolently.
Learmont evidently made a great effort to subdue his rage, and he said, in half-choked accents,—
“Name your price.”