"Nor would you have done so, but Tom and I understood that it was only to be a three days' sale." "Quite right, Leonard.

As first advertised the sale was for three days, but the auctioneer found that he could not get through in the time.

The accumulations of such an ancient house as Outram Hall are necessarily _vast_," and he waved his hand with a large gesture.
"Yes," said Leonard.
"Hum!" went on Mr.Beach, after a pause which was beginning to grow awkward.

"Doubtless you will find it a matter for congratulation that on the whole things sold well.

It is not always the case, not by any means, for such collections as those of Outram, however interesting and valuable they may have been to the family itself, do not often fetch their worth at a country auction.