“ Carter, after twice opening his lips to speak and failing, blundered towards it. Miss Evans watched him curiously. "Cheats never prosper," she said, with gentle severity. "Good-by," said Mr. Carter, pausing at the door. "It's your own fault," continued Miss Evans, who was suffering from a slight touch of conscience. "If you hadn't come here pretending to be Bert Simmons and calling me 'Nan' as if you had known me all my life, I wouldn't have done it." "It doesn't matter," said Mr. Carter. "I wish I was Bert Simmons, that's all. Good-by." ”
W. W. Jacobs
Summary
“Double Dealing”, is a work by W. W. Jacobs. It explores elements such as Carter, Evans and Bert Simmons.
Quotes from Double Dealing (W. W. Jacobs)
“ Mr. Evans sat and glowered at his prospective son-in-law as the difficulties of the situation developed themselves. Even Mr. Carter's reminders that he had come back and surrendered of his own free will failed to move him, and he was hesitating between tying him up and locking him in the attic and hiring a man to watch him, when Mr. Carter himself suggested a way out of the difficulty. "I'll lodge with you," he said, "and I'll give you all my money and things to take care of. I can't run away without money." ”
“ Evans, who had been listening in open-mouthed astonishment. "Look here! Man to man—are you Bert Simmons or are you not?" "No," said Mr. Carter. "Of course not," said Nancy. "And you didn't owe that money?" "Nobody owed it," said Nancy. "It was done just to punish him." Mr. Evans, with a strange cry, blundered towards the door. "I'll have that money out of 'em," he roared, "if I have to hold 'em up and shake it out of their trouser-pockets. You stay here." He hurried up the road, and Jim, with the set face of a man going into action against heavy odds, followed him. ”
