Tell him to come in, and see that he rubs his shoes for exactly five minutes first.' The man laid the whip on a chair, and withdrew.

The master, who had only heard his foot upon the ground and had not taken the trouble to turn round and look at him, shut his book, and pursued the train of ideas his entrance had disturbed.
'If time were money,' he said, handling his snuff-box, 'I would compound with my creditors, and give them--let me see--how much a day?
There's my nap after dinner--an hour--they're extremely welcome to that, and to make the most of it.

In the morning, between my breakfast and the paper, I could spare them another hour; in the evening before dinner say another.

Three hours a day.

They might pay themselves in calls, with interest, in twelve months.