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`` Twenty-five pounds is the sum , '' he explained ; `` an ' you must be sure to get it in five-pound notes -- _ new five-pound notes _ . You 'll not forget that ? '' He closed the envelope and handed it up to Long Oliver , who buttoned it in his breast-pocket . `` You shall have it , Mr. Geake , by five o'clock this evenin ' , '' said he , giving the reins a shake on the mare 's back ; `` so ` long ! '' and he rattled off . A mile , and a trifle more , beyond Geake 's cottage , he came in sight of a man clad in blue sailor 's cloth , trudging briskly ahead . Long Oliver 's lips shaped themselves as if to whistle ; but he made no sound until he overtook the pedestrian , when he pulled up , looked round in the man 's face , and said -- `` Abe Bricknell ! ''