Vallon said nothing. He held on for a minute; then: "What's it worth, Mr. Pritchard?"
Pritchard said: "Roughly his estate, excluding the money paid rather quickly by the Acme Agency who, as you probably know, Mr. Vallon, bought the business for ten thousand pounds on a verbal agreement, and who will probably be taking it over towards the end of this month, is worth about thirty-five thousand pounds. There's another one hundred thousand dollars in America and some property here in the country that hasn't been valued, but which I should say is worth quite a little bit."
"I see... " said Vallon. "Who does he leave his money to?"
Pritchard said: "To some relatives in America. And there's quite a sum left to Army, Navy and Air Force funds in the United States. You yourself are a beneficiary,
