The father had been a barrister in London, having perhaps some small fortune of his own. He had, at any rate, left to this son, who was one among others, a sufficiency with which to begin the world. Paul when he had come of age had found himself possessed of about 6,000. 
The father had been a barrister in London, who left a moderate sum of about 6,000 to this son, when he was twenty-one. 