per annum apiece, 9 times 40, eh?
That's better than L300., if you know how to reckon.

Don't you wish it was ninety-nine tailors to a man! I could do that too, and it would not break me; so don't be a proud young ass, or I 'll throw my money to the geese.

Lots of them in the world.

How many geese to a tailor?
'Go on for five years, and I double it.
'Give it up, and I give you up.
'No question about me.

The first tailor can be paid his L40 in advance, by applying at the offices of Messrs.