About ten days since I was compelled to give a note for seven pounds to avoid an arrest for about double that sum which I owe.

They fleeced the boy, and then had him borrow the money with which to pay from Harrison, and give a note for it, so as to make the consideration good; and they took pains to have him date it ahead, so as to get rid of the minority trouble.

“Then am I to give a note for thirty talents?”

There were no available funds and he had been obliged to give a note for them; this must in time come to Hugh’s notice, and John had a distinct remembrance of a former note, and did not wish to repeat the experience.

"Then am I to give a note for thirty talents?"