In less than four years they had increased their figures five-fold: the annual receipts, formerly some eight million francs, now attained the sum of forty millions, according to the last balance-sheet.

在不到四年的时间里，他们的数字增加了五倍：根据最新的资产负债表，年收入从以前的大约 800 万法郎增加到现在的 4000 万法郎。