"I insist on you hearing the whole of it," he replied, "My fortune was never large, and I had always been expensive, always in the habit of associating with people of better income than myself.
"Ik wil, dat u alles zult aanhooren," was zijn antwoord. "Mijn fortuin was nooit aanzienlijk, en ik was altoos verkwistend geweest, altoos gewend om te gaan met lieden, die meer inkomen hadden dan ikzelf.