t-w-e-n-t-y

Updated: May 25, 2025

I say, Brian, what d'you think's inside?" "I'm sure I don't know," answered the boy, laughing. "Old clothes, perhaps." "Oh, no; it's sure to be something valuable. Just fancy it hasn't been opened for twenty years! T-w-e-n-t-y years! That's twice as long as the whole of my life!" "Then," said Brian, who was good at mental arithmetic, "it's been shut up for 7,300 days, all but two."

Harold Avery - Under Padlock and Seal