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Book, page 191 / 194 money." "Do you mean the interest?" "Of course I do." "We shall not ask you to wait. I am ready to pay it." The squire stared in discomfiture while Herbert drew out the precise sum needed to pay the interest. "Where did you get that money?" he inquired, chop-fallen. "Honestly, Squire Leech. Will you give me a receipt?" The squire did so mechanically. "I will give you the three hundred and fifty dollars," he said; "but you must accept it to-day, or it is withdrawn." "Neither to-day nor any other day will it be accepted, Squire Leech," said Herbert, firmly. "If you choose to pay six hundred and fifty, we will sell." "You must think I am crazy." "No, sir; it is a fair offer. If you don't want to buy, we will make another offer. We will rent the house for ninety dollars a year. That is the interest on fifteen hundred dollars at six per cent. I believe a man in your employ wishes to live here." "Where do you propose to live?" asked Squire Leech, in surprise. "We are going to leave town." "Have you got a chance to work outside?" "Yes; but I have declined to. I am going to school for two years--to an academy."
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