It fit in so nicely that it seemed as if the place it occupied had just been made for it.
And now Mr.Bancroft felt the home-attraction increasing.

His steps were more briskly taken when he left his desk and turned his back, in the quiet eventide, upon ledgers and account books.
At the end of another year, Mr.Bancroft found that his expenses and his salary had just balanced each other.

There was no preponderance any way.

Like the manna that fell in the wilderness from heaven, the supply was equal to the demand.

This, however, did not satisfy him.
He had a great desire to get a little ahead.