"And compound interest has a way of mounting up." "It has," said Warming.

"And now the gold supplies are running short there is a tendency towards ...

appreciation." "I've felt that," said Isbister with a grimace.

"But it makes it better for _him_." "_If_ he wakes." "If he wakes," echoed Isbister.

"Do you notice the pinched-in look of his nose, and the way in which his eyelids sink ?" Warming looked and thought for a space.