The bank had foreclosed a mortgage effected on the property thus pleasantly situated, by one of the Coketown magnates, who, in his determination to make a shorter cut than usual to an enormous fortune, overspeculated himself by about two hundred thousand pounds.
Bankuak betearazi egin zuen hain atsegingarriro kokaturik zegoen onibar haren gaineko hipoteka, Coketowneko handikietariko batek hartua, zeren gizonak, dirutza ikaragarri batez jabetzeko ohi baino bide askoz ere laburragoa hartu asmoz, bere gain hartu baitzuen berrehun mila liberaren zorra.