In the house were twenty forty gentlemen in livery, besides women-servants--never could remember how many women-servants,--dere were so many: tink dere were fifty women-servants--all Madam Esmond's property, and worth ever so many hundred pieces of eight apiece.

How much was a piece of eight?
Bigger than a guinea, a piece of eight was.

Tink, Madam Esmond have twenty thirty thousand guineas a year,--have whole rooms full of gold and plate.

Came to England in one of her ships; have ever so many ships, Gumbo can't count how many ships; and estates, covered all over with tobacco and negroes, and reaching out for a week's journey.

Was Master Harry heir to all this property?
Of course, now Master George was killed and scalped by the Indians.