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`` Not this one , '' said the Captain . `` That 's honest enough to pass . I mean that one the interest has been paid on all these years . '' `` I 'm afraid that my lawyers foreclosed on that at noon -- '' `` From what Harold said , I cal ` late you 'll find the interest was paid afore they had a chance to foreclose . If I was you , Jim , I 'd just cancel that mortgage . The interest has more than paid it back these years . Mack 's estate otter be clear . ''