That was on the whole estate _with_ the homestead, you understand?
But there is another thing you must look out for.

Most of the mortgages are for one year, and every time they are renewed there is an expense of between forty and fifty dollars." "Yes, I see," assented Vandover.
"Now," resumed the lawyer, "here is your father's bank account.

He had in the First National to his credit between nine and ten thousand dollars; nine thousand seven hundred and ninety, to be exact.

His professional account book shows that there is now due him in bills and notes eight hundred and thirty dollars; on the debit side he owes in all nine hundred; the difference, you see, is seventy.

Nine thousand seven hundred and ninety less seventy leaves a balance of nine thousand seven hundred and twenty.