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—but they're old enough to know better) playing into Jarvis's 

 hands. 



I come to the point without further delay. 



" How much do you want for him ? " 



]\Ir. Jarvis eyes me sternly and resolute. 



" Sixty guineas," says he ; " not a penny less ; and he's 

 well worth eighty to you any day of the week." 



I am staggered. Twenty-five, or thirty, for a mild-looking, 

 shaggy, uncared-for-looking animal, with a dent in his neck, 

 an overgrown head, large feet, and a ragged tail, Avould have 

 been to my mind enough. I don't see where the Sixty is in 

 him. If he's worth 4iiat, it is simply and solely on account 

 of his cheerful temperament and healthy constitution. That 

 is to say, he's worth it inside. Judging from the outside, I 

 should say twenty pounds. 



Happy 7y/(5»//^///. —" Outside price," Twenty. "Inside 

 price " (disposition and constitution), Forty. Total, Sixty. 

 I pause. Now to ask about the trial. 



