The Simple Old Man

"Wife," said the simple old man, “it's time to pay the rent. How many pounds have we in the house? I must get on old Tib and hobble along the way to see the landlord.”

“There's the forty pounds that we saved for the last half-year's rent, and that's under the stone in the fireplace; and there's the five shillings and three pence that's in the pocket of my best church gown; and there's nineteen shillings and five pence and one farthing that's put up in the hole in the chimney; and there's a penny that I found in the road as I was coming home from the fair; and there's twenty pounds and one shilling and fourpence that we got for the butter and…