Varlie.
(Half aside.) The man’s mad! He doesn’t propose seriously to bring forward that devilish scheme of his. (Aloud.) What will you do? Have you the dollars? It’ll take a good deal of money!
Gordon.
No. All I have is the homestead, and the sheep. But I’ll sell them.
Varlie.
It’s the worst time to sell just now.
Gordon.
I’ll lose something of course, but the homestead and all is really worth quite ten thousand pounds altogether.
Varlie.
Snakes! It’s not worth nearly half that.