jesus christ on the cross

How much will I have?"
　　"At the age of twenty-one or upon your marriage,you will come into a sum which at a rough estimate would amount to six or seven hundredthousand pounds."
　　"This is a lot," saidElvira, impressed.
　　"Yes, it is a lot. Probably it is because it issuch a lot that nobody has ever talked to you about it much."
　　He watched her as she reflected upon this. Quite aninteresting girl, he thought. Looked an unbelievably milk-and-water Miss, but she was morethan that. A good deal more. He said, with a faintly ironic smile:
　　"Does that satisfy you?"
　　She gave him a sudden smile.
　　"It ought to, oughtn'tit?"