Mr. Venus had had him under inspection pretty well every day.

“Suppose you was just to step round tonight then, and give him orders from me⁠—I say from me, because he knows I won’t be played with⁠—to be ready with his papers, his accounts, and his cash, at that time in the morning?” said Wegg. “And as a matter of form, which will be agreeable to your own feelings, before we go out (for I’ll walk with you part of the way, though my leg gives under me with weariness), let’s have a look at the stock in trade.”