He stood a little while hesitating, as if doubtful whether to take it or no; but I pressed it on him, and made him accept it, and it was not much less worth than his leather pouch full of Spanish gold; no, though it were to be reckoned as if at London, whereas it was worth twice as much there, where I gave it him.
Il demeura un moment hésitant, comme s'il doutait s'il devait la prendre ou non, mais j'insistai et je l'obligeai à l'accepter, et elle ne valait pas beaucoup moins que sa poche en cuir pleine d'or d'Espagne, non, même si on l'estimait ainsi qu'à Londres, tandis qu'elle valait le double ici.