Then he could have taken his family to sing in the streets with a quiet conscience.
"My dear fellow," said I through the telephone this morning.

"What are ten thousand pounds to me ?" I heard him gasp at the other end.
"But you're not a millionaire!" "I am!" I cried triumphantly.

And now I come to think of it, I spoke truly.

If a man reckons his capital as half a year's income, doubles it, and works out the capital that such a yearly income represents, he is the possessor of a mint of money.
"I am," I cried; "and I'll tell you what I'll do.

I'll settle five thousand on Lucy and the children, so that they needn't accompany you in your singing excursions.