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He finds his old friends turn away from him now -- many men have done that before him too ! Shall he tell me why he writes to me ? Because he has no kind of claim upon me . He puts it on that ground plainly ; and begs to ask for the loan -LRB- as I know human nature -RRB- of two sovereigns , to be repaid next Tuesday six weeks , before twelve at noon . Sometimes , when he is sure that I have found him out , and that there is no chance of money , he writes to inform me that I have got rid of him at last . He has enlisted into the Company 's service , and is off directly -- but he wants a cheese . He is informed by the serjeant that it is essential to his prospects in the regiment that he should take out a single Gloucester cheese , weighing from twelve to fifteen pounds .