At that rate I ought to have L25 for the Clubs, and L9 12 shillings for the House.
Yes, that's right--I had that; there's a note of it; three lots--L15 7 shillings 6 pence on September 1, L7 2 shillings 6 pence on September 13, and L12 2 shillings on another day--that makes the total.

There you are.

Why on earth did I put them away in separate lots?
Then I paid L5 for the new goals, and something else--what was it?
Oh, that was for the House balls--oh, but we are lumping the two together.

What was it?
I know, 17 shillings 6 pence--that's L5 17 shillings 6 pence; and something else, I know, came to a pound--L6 17 shillings 6 pence.

Take that from L34 12 shillings, leaves L27 14 shillings 6 pence--and I've only got L22 18 shillings 6 pence! Where, in the name of wonder, has the rest gone ?" And once more the dismal operation of adding up, counting, and subtracting began anew, with the same, or almost the same, result--there was a mistake of something like L4 10 shillings, whichever way you looked at it.
Dalton, who came in presently, could throw no further light on the problem.