Here it is.

You will see that he handed over so many barrels of cartridges.

On one side of the page I put down the number of barrels issued, and on the other the number I receive, and thus, at any time, without disturbing the contents of the store, I can state the number of barrels it contains." "Then how long have you held this position, sir ?" "I have been in charge of this store, and of those used for powder in the cellars underneath the castle, for ten years." "The man whom you succeeded--how long had he been here ?" "I believe he had been here for twenty years, or more." "And his system of keeping account was the same as yours ?" "Precisely.

He handed his books to me, and I have kept mine in the same way." "Then it is a fact, if I understand you rightly, that there has been no taking of stock for the past thirty years ?" "It was not necessary," the officer said, in a surly tone.

"There can be no mistake possible, considering the way in which we made our entries." They now entered the store.