He had had that cheque-book for a good many years.
He used to give away a tenth of his income.

His father before him used to do that.

He remembered, with a smile, how large the sums used to seem to him.

He turned back the stubs only to see how small a tenth used to be.

He no longer gave a tenth or a twentieth or even a--he had no difficulty in deciding the exact percentage he gave; for whenever he thought now of the sum he was worth, the figures themselves, in clean-cut lines, popped before his eyes.