So 50 British Pounds back in 1954 is worth 1378 Pounds today. Considerable for a stolen love letter ransom. Don't marry poor boys. They have nothing to lose and they are willing to do anything.
But what if I am blind? What if I am so numb that could feeling nothing even pain? What if I am poor to death, to stink, to disability of movement? What if I know nothing about Shakespeare?