He did not himself yet quite know how completely his showy style of life, his large acreage, his speeches, and politics, and familiarity with great people, had imposed upon the world in which he lived.

He now began to realise that he was somebody.

He repaid the loan to the day, waited awhile and took a larger one, and from that time the frequency and the amount of his loans went on increasing.
We have seen in these latter days bank directors bitterly complaining that they could not lend money at more than 7/8 or even 1/2 per cent., so little demand was there for accommodation.

They positively could not lend their money; they had millions in their tills unemployed, and practically going a-begging.

But here was Frank paying seven per cent, for short loans, and upon a continually enlarging amount.