When I came to him he began to capitulate with me, believing I did not understand the right I had to a share in the prize, and would fain have put me off with #20, but I let him know that I was not so ignorant as he supposed I was; and yet I was glad, too, that he offered to bring me to a certainty.
Sitôt que j'arrivai, il commença de capituler, persuadé que je ne connaissais point le droit que j'avais dans la prise, et m'eût volontiers congédiée avec 20£, mais je lui fis voir que je n'étais pas si ignorante qu'il le supposait; et pourtant j'étais fort aise qu'il proposât au moins un prix fixe.