Archer arrives himself at the "Pied
Horse;" I did not know then that Glascock had writ to him--for he meant
to keep whatever he might get to himself. "So," says Mr. Archer to me,
meeting me by the pump in the stable-yard, "that was a clever letter you
and Glascock wrote to me in town."
'So I told him 'twas the first I heard of it.
'"Why," says he, "do you mean to tell me you don't want money?"
'I don't know why it was, but a sort of a turn came over me and I said,
"_No_."
'"Well," says he, "I'm going to sell a horse, and I expect to be paid
to-morrow; you and Glascock must wait for me outside"--I think the name
of the village was Merton--I'm not sure, for I never seen it before or
since--"and I'll give you some money then."
'"I'll have none," says I.
'"What, no money?" says he. "Come, come."
'"I tell you, Sir, I'll have none," says I. Something, you see, came
over me, and I was more determined than ever. I was always afeard of
him, but I feared him like Beelzebub now. "I've had enough of your
money, Sir; and I tell you what, Mr. Archer, I think 'tis best to end
our dealings, and I'd rather, if you please, Sir, never trouble you
more.
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