JOHN BULL.—The trust I give is, in short, this: I must have something in hand before I make the bargain, and the rest before it is concluded.
LEWIS BABOON.—To show you I deal fairly, name your something.
JOHN BULL.—I need not tell thee, old boy; thou canst guess.
LEWIS BABOON.—Ecclesdown Castle,* I'll warrant you, because it has been formerly in your family. Say no more; you shall have it.
* Dunkirk.
JOHN BULL.—I shall have it to my own self?
LEWIS BABOON.—To thine own self.
JOHN BULL.—Every wall, gate, room, and inch of Ecclesdown Castle, you say?
LEWIS BABOON.—Just so.
JOHN BULL.—Every single stone of Ecclesdown Castle, to my own self, speedily?