He waited, but Sandford made no reply. Fletcher continued:—
"Well, what is it? You've something on hand, or you wouldn't have sent for me."
"You propose to pay sometime, I believe?"
"Of course, I do. I've offered to pay times enough, you know. I can get the money in ten minutes."
"Can you! How much?"
"Why, the five hundred and interest."
"I rather think the document is worth more money."
"You'd take my heart's blood for it, I know. But you can't get any more money than I have got."
"You were very ready in promising five hundred in ten minutes. It seems to me that in an hour you might raise a larger sum."
"Do you suppose I am a capitalist?—that I own Fogarty, Danforth, and
Dot?"