"So much the worse."
"True enough for that. Yes, it was a great deal to lose.
"What has he gained that will make up for this?"
The man shrugged his shoulders.
"What has he gained?" I repeated. "Can you figure it up?"
"He's a richer man, for one thing."
"Happier?"
There was another shrug of the shoulders. "I wouldn't like to say that."
"How much richer?"
"Oh, a great deal. Somebody was saying, only yesterday, that he couldn't be worth less than thirty thousand dollars."