Quotation from: Great Expectations

Written by: Charles Dickens


That abject hypocrite, Pumblechook, nodded again, and said, with a
patronizing laugh, "It's more than that, Mum. Good again! Follow her
up, Joseph!"


"Then to make an end of it," said Joe, delightedly handing the bag
to my sister; "it's five-and-twenty pound."


"It's five-and-twenty pound, Mum," echoed that basest of swindlers,
Pumblechook, rising to shake hands with her; "and it's no more than
your merits (as I said when my opinion was asked), and I wish you
joy of the money!"

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