I am obliged to you for the
services you have rendered. (giving him some money) I couldn't praise
them more. But, from now on, I am so extremely suspicious that I am
going to fend for myself. Then, I will have only myself to blame if
something further goes wrong.
(Exit McNaughten)
Spruce
That fellow has got all his wits about him. He must decamp or go mad.
Still, if he stays a bit longer, he'll end up paying off all my
master's creditors.
(Enter the Captain)
Captain
Ah, my beloved Spruce, you see me beside myself. My fortune is so
great that I can hardly believe it. I have got the money--look! It has
force and power. All portable. Bills of Exchange--the best in London.
I will purchase two or three titles--with the best estates in England.
Spruce
What a windfall! Wealth comes to you from all sides. Please, let me
look over the notes. Beautiful engraving, excellent workmanship.
Pretty names. Superb style. Freely negotiable--not like love letters
on cheap paper where love distills itself in faded oaths, and idle
nonsense.
Captain
I know their worth better than you. But, just as the money did little
for me in the past, I hope, in the future, that it will serve me the
same way it does others.
Spruce
You don't know how luck has favored you.
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