"Thirty thousand dollars! Oh, my! But how much are you to pay Mr. Pate?"
"One-tenth," said Simon.
"How much is that?" asked the mother of the cherubs.
"Three thousand dollars," said Simon.
"Three thousand dollars! Gracious! That is a heap of money to pay a lawyer for talking to a jury for an hour."
"But Mr. Pate has to read all those big books. It would take me ten years to read all those books; and then I would not understand what is in them," said Simon, scratching his head.
"Three thousand dollars! How much will we have left?"
"Twenty-seven thousand dollars," said Simon.
"Twenty-seven thousand dollars! That is a heap of money! I must have a brand-new carriage with eagles painted on its sides. I don't like to ride to church on horseback."
"Before we were married I used to like to see you coming to church on horseback," said Simon.