I am resigned to take the $8,500 if it could come in bank-notes--for it does seem that it was so ordered, Mary--but I have never had much courage, and I have not the pluck to try to market a cheque signed with that disastrous name.

• 假如这八千五百块钱是现钞，我也认了--因为那还像是命中注定的，玛丽--我的胆子向来就不大，我可没有勇气试试拿一张签了这个招灾惹事名字的支票去兑现。