I was inclined to answer him sharply, then remembered that his words were true.
"Very well," I said, "I will leave you L600,000 on which you shall pay me five per cent interest, but no share of the profits." On these terms we dissolved the partnership and in a year they had lost the L600,000, for the slump came with a vengeance.

It saved them, however, and to-day they are earning a reasonable income.

But I have never asked them for that L600,000..