The gun is already sold. I don't need stuff like that, way too specialized.
His wife insisted I take one of his pistols that I'd always admired, since I wouldn't take any money for helping her sell things. I might buy a Ballard .22 target rifle out of the estate when the dust settles but that will be all I need.
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I was as virtuously given as a gentleman need to be; virtuous enough; swore little; diced not above seven times a week; went to a bawdy-house once in a quarter--of an hour; paid money that I borrowed, three of four times; lived well and in good compass: and now I live out of all order, out of all compass. Falstaff - Henry IV
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