The tutor quite admired his colleague's aptitude for figures, and the lucid manner in which he accounted for every farthing which had passed through his hands.

He was hardly prepared for such precision, and there and then modified the previous bad impression he had formed.
"It is necessary to be particular in money matters," said the captain, "especially where the money of others is involved.

Perhaps you will check my figures, sir, and let me know if you agree in the result." Mr Armstrong spent an afternoon painfully going over the agent's and banker's accounts, and satisfying himself that all was absolutely correct and in order.

He countersigned the balance-sheet, and went out of his way to thank Captain Oliphant for taking so much of the labour as to save both him and Mrs Ingleton a great deal of time.
"Thank you," said the captain drily; "a compliment from Signor Francisco is worth receiving.

But it is uncalled-for.