"Keeping books, writing letters, all that sort of thing ?" "I can honestly say I'm a past master in everything of that sort," I affirmed.
He gave me a quick glance, as if he were sizing me up altogether.
"Well, I'll tell you what, Mr.Moneylaws," he said.

"The fact is, I'm wanting a sort of steward, and it strikes me that you're just the man I'm looking for!".