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Perhaps , however , it may be made a little more ample . '' `` Sir , sir , '' said George , not quite understanding him ; `` pray do not say anything more . '' `` No , I wo n't , for I have got nothing more to say ; only this : Pritchett wants to see you . Be with him at three o'clock to-day . '' At three o'clock Bertram was with Pritchett , and learned from that gentleman , in the most frozen tone of which he was capable , and with sundry little , good-humoured , asthmatic chuckles , that he had been desired to make arrangements for paying to Mr. George regularly an income of two hundred a year , to be paid in the way of annuity till Mr. Bertram 's death , and to be represented by an adequate sum in the funds whenever that much-to-be-lamented event should take place . `` To be sure , sir , '' said Pritchett , `` two hundred a year is nothing for you , Mr. George ; but -- '' But two hundred a year was a great deal to George . That morning he had been very much puzzled to think how he was to keep himself going till he might be able to open the small end of the law 's golden eggs .