Usual thing: sixpenny ante and five-shilling limit.
"Prince Fortunatus"
William Black
With a sixpenny "ante" and a ten-shilling "limit," the amusement could have been kept mild enough by any one who preferred it should remain so.
"Prince Fortunatus"
William Black
It was late that evening when, in obedience to the summons of a sixpenny telegram, Maurice Mangan called at the stage-door of the New Theatre and was passed in.
"Prince Fortunatus"
William Black