Macalister had bought him two hundred and fifty shares and sold them at the
half-crown profit he had suggested.
Snagsby again relates his experience, again suppressing the
half-crown fact.
,is that all?' said the fat boy, evidently very much relieved, as he pocketed the
half-crown again.
Miss Murray, by her liberality, obtained literally the blessing of him that was ready to perish; for though the
half-crown could be of very little service to him, he was glad of it for the sake of his wife and children, so soon to be widowed and fatherless.
Fifty-seven churches to be erected with
half-crowns, forty-two parsonage houses to be repaired with shillings, seven-and-twenty organs to be built with halfpence, twelve hundred children to be brought up on postage stamps.
Gradually the guineas, the crowns, and the
half-crowns grew to a heap, and Marner drew less and less for his own wants, trying to solve the problem of keeping himself strong enough to work sixteen hours a-day on as small an outlay as possible.
My own hand placed it in one of the rouleaux of false
half-crowns; and my own hand also directed the spurious coin, when it had been safely packed up, to a certain London dealer who was to be on the lookout for it by the next night's mail.
Freddy had half a quid and his friend had four
half-crowns. Miss Bartlett accepted their moneys and then said: "But who am I to give the sovereign to?"
Kit coming down-stairs would be called in; entertained with some moral and agreeable conversation; perhaps entreated to mind the office for an instant while Mr Brass stepped over the way; and afterwards presented with one or two
half-crowns as the case might be.
Hitherto in his own life his wants had been supplied without any trouble to himself, and his first impulse was always to be liberal with
half-crowns as matters of no importance to a gentleman; it had never occurred to him to devise a plan for getting
half-crowns.
"Two
half-crowns and a sixpence," said Tom, promptly.
Grant will just do; and though we play but
half-crowns, you know, you may bet half-guineas with him."