"Notice that figger there!" He pointed with a stubby forefinger.

"Pretty near a billion, ain't it ?" "Seven hundred and fifty thousand," said Aldous.
He was thinking of the "pound" sign.

She had not looked like the Englishwomen he had met.

He folded the slip of paper and put it in his pocket.
Stevens eyed him seriously.
"I was coming over to give you a bit of advice before I left for the Maligne Lake country," he said.

"You'd better move.