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plication to Jew money-lenders still kept him going ; 

 but he was dramng largely on the time that would 

 eventually see him shunned by those who now felt 

 flattered by his notice and acquaintance. 



The screws, as he termed them, were no longer kept 

 solely as a part of the establishment of the sportsman 

 and the gentleman, but were now often had recourse 

 to, and sold either at a loss to meet some coming exi- 

 gency, or were oftener disposed of to his friends at a 

 price that the common dealer would never have even 

 thought of asking ; and, strange and anomalous as it 

 may appear, the same man whose mind on some points 

 was still alive to the highest sense of honour, was in 

 others so warped from its natural bias that he could, 

 and often did, stoop to use the grossest falsehood and 

 deception where money was wanting to prolong a 

 career that could only end in ruin and despair. 



To the inquiry respecting the screws, the man civilly, 

 but with rather a familiar smile, said, " they are all, as 

 the nurses say. Sir, ' as well as can be expected.' But, 

 Sir," added he, " Colonel SuiFerwell's servant has been 

 here ; he says the Colonel's in a towering rage, and 

 talks of prosecuting and exposing you about the 

 Phaeton and horses he bought last month ; and, 

 to own the truth. Sir, four hundred was coming it 

 pretty strong for the turn out, such as it was." 



" What, I suppose," says Fred., " the two old 



d Is are both lame again, and the Drag has got a 



little musical, eh ! Dawson." 



" Just so. Sir ; but worse than that ; Patchem has 

 turned a-svay the man who did the Drag up ; and he 

 told the Colonel's coachman that you bought it three 

 months ago at Tattersall's for ten pounds ; and that 



