The amount of it was nearly two hundred dollars.
"You will take off five per cent.

for cash, I presume ?" "Certainly," replied Wilkinson.
The money was paid down.
"So much for not stopping on the way to business for a glass of brandy." This thought was spontaneous in the mind of Wilkinson.

After his customer had left, he fell into a musing state, in which many thoughts were presented, that, from the pain and self-condemnation they occasioned, he tried to push from his mind.

But he was not able to do this.

Much of the history of his daily life for the past few years presented itself, and, in reviewing it, many things stood out in bold relief, which were before regarded as of little moment.