they were all bald

[GUEST2008]

Hi

A certain man was talking to a lady and told her: My forebears, you see, were quite disgustingly rich.

(the narrator says) ’He made the statement neither boastfully nor deprecatingly; he mightliave been saying that they were all bald.

‘My grandfather, a far-sighted man who seemed to have
considered the possible devaluation of money, endowed

the school lavishly.

I checked the meaning of "bald" and I'm not sure what the author meant here?

[freezeframe]

Hi

A certain man was talking to a lady and told her: My forebears, you see, were quite disgustingly rich.

(the narrator says) ’He made the statement neither boastfully nor deprecatingly; he mightliave been saying that they were all bald.

‘My grandfather, a far-sighted man who seemed to have
considered the possible devaluation of money, endowed

the school lavishly.

I checked the meaning of "bald" and I'm not sure what the author meant here?

He said it in a flat tone. His intonation when he said "They were quite disgustingly rich" was as flat as it would have been had he said "They were all bald".

[GUEST2008]

Hi

So it says: He said that they were disgustingly rich in such a flat tone like he was saying that they were all bald.

It just means that there were no emotions in what he said?

[freezeframe]

Hi

So it says: He said that they were disgustingly rich in such a flat tone like he was saying that they were all bald.

It just means that there were no emotions in what he said?

He said it neither boastfully nor deprecatingly -- he was neither bragging about his ancestors being rich nor was he belittling it. He just said it matter-of-factly.