I drew my wallet, and took out the three hundred dollars I had just borrowed.
“You needn’t trouble yourself about that just now,” said he, laughing.
“I don’t like to be driven into so close a corner as you put me into a little while ago. Here is the amount of the note, with the interest.”
“What I said was spoken under a misapprehension. You needn’t pay the note till you get ready.”
“I am ready now, uncle.”
“Of course, I don’t object to taking the money; but I didn’t mean to press you.”
“Didn’t you, indeed? You gave me three days to pay the note, and threatened to trustee my salary if it was not paid in that time. If that was not pressing me, I took it as a gentle hint. If I don’t know any better than to borrow money of my relations another time, I ought to be hung for being a fool.”
“I am sorry now that I said any thing, Paley. I will take it all back.”
“Take principal and interest also, and I shall be satisfied.”