Do age and youth never play the same parts now?
To return.

John Foster replied to his brother: 'The stock and goodwill! That would take much wealth.

And there will be fixtures to be considered.

Philip, canst thee tell me the exact amount of stock in the shop at present ?' It had only just been taken; Philip had it at his fingers' ends.
'One thousand nine hundred and forty-one pounds, thirteen shillings and twopence.' Coulson looked at him in a little dismay, and could not repress a sigh.

The figures put into words and spoken aloud seemed to indicate so much larger an amount of money than when quickly written down in numerals.