Do tell me what the sum is, in pounds and shillings;" which master did with great gravity.
"Nine hundred and ninety pounds.

Good; I daresay you are right.

I'm sure I can't go through the fatigue to see.

And now comes another question.
Whose money is this, mine or Matilda's?
You see it is the interest of a sum in India, which we have not had occasion to touch; and, according to the terms of poor Sir George's will, I really don't know how to dispose of the money except to spend it.

Matilda, what shall we do with it ?" "La, ma'am, I wish you would arrange the business yourself." "Well, then, Algernon, YOU tell me;" and she laid her hand on his and looked him most pathetickly in the face.
"Why," says he, "I don't know how Sir George left his money; you must let me see his will, first." "Oh, willingly." Master's chair seemed suddenly to have got springs in the cushns; he was obliged to HOLD HIMSELF DOWN.
"Look here, I have only a copy, taken by my hand from Sir George's own manuscript.