Laughing House by Warwick (George) Deeping

Author:Warwick (George) Deeping
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General Fiction
Published: 1947-01-20T05:00:00+00:00

That startled me.

“That’s if we are full up all the year.”

“Do you know the hotel position as it is at present?”

“Well——”

“Waiting list for most. People booking months ahead. Then there could be other sources of profit, sale of wine, spirits and beer. Hire of car. Garden and farm produce for which the hotel would pay you. Another item against us would be laundry, breakages, repairs, etc. I put our takings roughly at six thousand pounds.”

“A gross profit of two thousand pounds.”

“Yes. Knock off ten shillings in the pound—and you make a profit of a clear thousand.”

“Well—I’m damned,” said I.

“If you like, Uncle! But we shall all have jobs, and the old house might chuckle.”

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