In reply to the old man's eager questions, as the large diamonds lay glittering on the table, and pointed every word, he said that a few of his Hottentots had found these for him; he had made them dig on a diamondiferous part of his estate, just by way of testing the matter; and this was the result; this, and a much larger stone, for which he had received eight thousand pounds from Posno.
"A Simpleton"
Charles Reade
Well, of my thirty thousand tried acres, a hundred only are diamondiferous.
"A Simpleton"
Charles Reade
My sixty thousand acres, which are not diamondiferous, will very soon be worth as much as sixty thousand English acres, say two pounds the acre per annum.
"A Simpleton"
Charles Reade