This loss will make me more alert and exact.
Happily, I kept most of my money in my belt.
Spruce
Did you so? How clever of you. (picking his pocket) I've had a bed
prepared for you in a nice quiet room, in the back, away from the
street. Do you plan to stay in this town long?
McNaughten
The less, the better. I can see nothing to like about it. I'm only here
to get married.
Spruce
You usually can't do that business in a single day.
McNaughten
I'm also here to collect an inheritance of sixty thousand pounds. I
inherited it from an uncle that I had once, but no longer do--by a
singular grace of God.
Spruce
And is it all for you, sir?
McNaughten
Precisely. War took off my brother--opportunely. He was only twenty--
in the flower of his youth. He took a quick trip to the promised land,
and has never returned. God's grace knows no bounds.
Spruce
Heaven give him peace, and give you success in all your plans. If you
have need of my little services, you can employ me, sir, in any way
you please. I know London very well, and I am always willing to serve
my friends devotedly.
McNaughten
Can you tell me how to find a man named George Hastings?
Spruce
Hastings?
McNaughten
Exactly, that's his name.
Spruce
Is there a man in London who knows better than I how to get to his
house? We'll go together.
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