“Oh, well,” said the squire patronizingly, “that’s good beginning.”
“It must seem very little to a rich man like you, squire.”
“Oh, no!” said the squire patronizingly. “You are a young man. I shouldn’t wonder if by the time you get as old as I am you might be worth five thousand dollars.”
“I hope so,” answered Mr. Pettigrew demurely.
“By the way, you have brought a young man with you, I am told.”
“Yes.”
“I should like to make his acquaintance. He is rich, is he not?”
“I wish I was as rich.”
“You don’t say so! About how much do you estimate he is worth?”
“I don’t think it amounts to quite as much as a quarter of a million. Still, you know it is not always easy to tell how much a person is worth.”