School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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MOSES. Yes that's very great Point. SIR OLIVER. I'll answer for't I'll not be wanting in that--I'll ask him eight or ten per cent. on the loan--at least. MOSES. You'll be found out directly--if you ask him no more than that, you'll be discovered immediately. SIR OLIVER. Hey!--what the Plague!--how much then? MOSES. That depends upon the Circumstances--if he appears not very anxious for the supply, you should require only forty or fifty per cent.--but if you find him in great Distress, and want the monies very bad--you may ask double. SIR PETER. A good--[h]onest Trade you're learning, Sir Oliver-- SIR OLIVER. Truly, I think so--and not unprofitable-- MOSES. Then you know--you haven't the monies yourself, but are forced to borrow them for him of a Friend. SIR OLIVER. O I borrow it of a Friend do I? MOSES. And your friend is an unconscion'd Dog--but you can't help it. SIR OLIVER. My Friend's an unconscionable Dog, is he? MOSES. Yes--and He himself hasn't the monies by him--but is forced |
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