It was not even necessary that he should go to his bankers for the twenty thousand pounds; for his antagonists already had his cheque in their hands, and they had only to fill it out and send it to the Barings to have the amount transferred to their credit.
Még a bankárjához sem kellett elmennie, hogy átvegye tőle a húszezer fontot. Ellenfeleinek birtokában volt a csekkje, rajta saját kezű aláírása, csupán néhány sort kell a Baring testvéreknek eljuttatnia, s a húszezer fontot nyomban javukra írják.