Queer pazienti . ll.Cheap anche al prezzo. Guarda che cosa è successo wouldhave! Nessuno smith più vicino al tuo villagethan tre miglia, strada sbagliata, cavallo getta una sciocola prima che venga a casa, va morto zoppo, depone per tre settimane, e così via, e poi yourgrudge me uno scellino e fourpence, forfixing su. La meaness di alcuni peopleis passato mettere in su con! Lei mi fraintenderà molto, onorevole Hey, ha risposto. Non voglio contestare, né l'occasione né il prezzo. Infatti, penso che thatit sia stato ridicolmente poco per il servizio reso.penso io stesso che avrebbe dovuto essere almeno uno scellino e sixpence, e, con voi

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Queer patients . ll.Cheap at the price too. Look what wouldhave happened! No smith nearer your villagethan three miles, bad road, horse casts a shoebefore it gets home, goes dead lame, laid upfor three weeks, and so on, and then yougrudge me one shilling and fourpence, forfixing it on. The meanness of some peopleis past putting up with! You quite misunderstand me, Mr Hey, Ireplied. I neither wish to dispute, theoccasion nor the price. In fact, I think thatit was ridiculously little for the service rendered.I think myself that it should have been atleast one shilling and sixpence, and, with yourpermission, I shall pay you that amount now, if you will be kind enough to receipt the bill.I counted out one shilling, a threepenny piece, two coppers and a couple of half-pennies, andsolemnly passed them to Harpur Hey^. Esq., millionaire. He signed his bill, gave it me 36 QUEER PATIENTS back, counted my coins twice, and put themin his pocket. My only regret was that I had not thirty-six half-pennies to offer him.. COUNTED MY COINS TWICE. This little ceremony over, I rose to takemy departure, and as I did so, he rang thebell. The butler appeared. THE MILLIONAIRE 37 Be so good, Jonson, said Mr Hey, asto place a brace of pheasants in the doctorstrap, and just put in a bunch of grapes forMrs Oston. With these, he sent me away, and this isthe curious thing. This old man would spendno end of time and mental energy in knockinga sixpence off a bill which he had to pay, orwould be delighted to accept the extra two-pence from someone who had to pay him, andhaving gained his point, which was not worthgaining, would proceed to extend to one ahospitality or generosity which, valued financi-ally, was out of all proportion to the gain hehad made. I suppose that to rear that brace of pheasants, and to grow the bunch of grapes which accom-panied them, would cost Mr Harpur Hey atleast one pound; but he had the delight ofdoing the doctor out of sixpence to compensatefor it. One last incident to sh

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