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"What--not--d'ye say 'no' to two pun' ten?"

"I do"

"Well, let's say three pound"

I shook an to

hammer at it

"Well then," shouted the Postilion, for I wasas much din

as possible, "say four--five--ten--fifteen--twenty-five--fifty!"

Here I ceased ha

"Tell me when you've done!" said I

"You're a cool customer, you are--ah! an' a rum un' at that--I

never see a ruht the sa the

half-finished horseshoe ere I set it back in the fire

"Sixty guineas!" said the Postilion glooloo

"Once uineas!" said he, re his hat to

mop at his brow

"Any more?" I inquired

"No!" returned the Postilion sulkily, putting on his hat, "I'uineas?" said I

"'Im--oh! 'e's mad for 'er, 'e is--'e'd ruin 'isself, body and

soul, for 'er, 'e would, but I ain't goin' to ofer no more; no

woman as ever breathed--no matter 'ow 'andsouineas--it ain't as if she was a

blood-mare--an' I'm done!"