at the moment I am fastmarried he shall be quietly released, and have an allowance to livejust t鈥檕ther side the water like a gentleman (he can鈥檛 live long, for Ihave asked his doctor,Mercurial Vapor, and he declares that his complaint is one ofthe Heart and it is impossible), and if all the advantages of thiscondition are properly stated and dwelt upon to him, do you thinkhe could resist me? And if he could not resist me, do you think hisdaughter could resist him? Shouldn鈥檛 I have her Mrs ArthurGride鈥攑retty Mrs Arthur Gride鈥攁 tit-bit鈥攁 dainty chick鈥攕houldn鈥檛 I have her Mrs Arthur Gride in a week, a month, a day鈥攁ny time I chose to name?鈥? 銆�銆�鈥楪o on,鈥?said Ralph, nodding his head deliberately, andspeaking in a tone whose studied coldness presented a strangecontrast to the rapturous squeak to which his friend had graduallymounted. 鈥楪o on. You didn鈥檛 come here to ask me that.鈥? 銆�銆�鈥極h dear, how you talk!鈥?cried old Arthur, edging himself closerstill to Ralph. 鈥極f course I didn鈥檛, I don鈥檛 pretend I did! I came toask what you would take from me, if I prospered with the father,for this debt of yours. Five shillings in the pound, six andeightpence, ten shillings? I would go as far as ten for such a friendas you, we have always been on such good terms, but you won鈥檛 be so hard upon me as that, I know. Now, will you?鈥? 銆�銆�鈥楾here鈥檚 something more to be told,鈥?said Ralph, as stony andimmovable as ever. 銆�銆�鈥榊es, yes, there is, but you won鈥檛 give me time,nike mercurial prezzo,鈥?returned ArthurGride. 鈥業 want a backer in this matter; one who can talk, and urge,and press a point, which you can do as no man can. I can鈥檛 do that,for I am a poor, timid, nervous creature. Now, if you get a goodcomposition for this debt, which you long ago gave up for lost,you鈥檒l stand my friend, and help me. Won鈥檛 you?鈥? 銆�銆�鈥楾here鈥檚 something more,鈥?said Ralph. 銆�銆�鈥楴o, no, indeed,鈥?cried Arthur Gride. 銆�銆�鈥榊es, yes, indeed. I tell you yes,鈥?said Ralph. 銆�銆�鈥極h!鈥?returned old Arthur feigning to be suddenly enlightened. 銆�銆�鈥榊ou mean something more, as concerns myself a