"What's his object?" said Winthrop.
"What's his object?"
"Yes."
"How should I know! He wants to serve me, I suppose; and I believe he has kindliness enough for me, to be not unwilling to get me in the same place of business with himself."
"What will he do for you?"
"This, to begin with. He has a quantity of cotton lying in his stores, which he offers to make over to me, upon a certain valuation. And I shall ship it to Liverpool, as he recommends."
"Have you got your money from the North Lyttleton company?"
"No, nor from anybody else; — not yet; but it's coming."
"Is this purchase of cotton to be executed immediately?"
"Immediately. That's what I have come down for."