It is twenty thousand pounds.

I'm going to pay it.

The only question is--and the question has kept Edith and myself awake the last two nights--is what's the best thing to do with it?
Of course I could give it to some fund,--or several funds,--but it's a lot of money and I should like it to be used to the best advantage.

Now what do you say ?" "I say," said I, "that you Croesuses make a half-pay Major of Artillery's head reel.

If I were like you, I should go into a shop and buy a super-dreadnought, and stick a card on it with a drawing pin, and send it to the Admiralty with my compliments." "Duncan," said Lady Fenimore, severely, "don't be flippant." Heaven knows I was in no flippant mood; but it was worth a foolish jest to bring a smile to Sir Anthony's face.