Daniela folded her hands in her lap, her irritation at him replaced by interest.
Of the expenditure a large amount is absorbed by interest on debt.
The Maltese have to pay for food imports by imperial wages, earned' in connexion with naval and military services, by commercial services to passing steamers and visitors, by earnings which emigrants send home from northern Africa and elsewhere, and by interest on investments of Maltese capital abroad.
The English colonies, though divided by interest or character, were all alike jealous to defend, and eager to extend, their freedom of self-government, based on charters granted by, or extorted from, the crown.
Any increase was likely to have been accounted for by interest accruals.
