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If you will have the kindness to come with me to a lawyer , and assign the deed to my friend , I will give you two thousand dollars for it at once , and on the day that you place the deed in our hands I will pay down the rest of the money . '' The baron had forced himself to listen to this proposal with a smile . At last he replied briefly , `` Devise some other plan ; I can not consent to this . '' `` There is no other , '' said Itzig ; `` but it is only midday , and I can wait till five . '' He again began a series of low bows , and moved to the door . `` Reflect , gracious sir , '' said he , earnestly , `` that you do not merely want the ten thousand dollars . You will , in the course of the next few months , require as much more for your factory and the getting your money out of the Polish investment .