neatly-ruled

Updated: May 20, 2025

I believe 'Jemima's Vow' will sell twenty thousand without stopping here's the account." As he spoke the spectre-like clerk put down a neatly-ruled bit of paper and an unsigned cheque on the desk before his employer, and then smiled a shadowy smile and vanished. Mr. Meeson glanced through the account, signed the cheque, and handed it, together with the account to Augusta, who proceeded to read it.

Henry Rider Haggard - Mr. Meeson's Will