Chapter XLIV

[Mr. James Frogg, of Serjeant’s Inn, receives an unexpected answer to an expectant letter.]

Château de Bougival, near Paris,
December 2nd, 1905.

James Frogg, Esq.

Sir,--In answer to your esteemed letter demanding to know how far the conditions of my revered father’s will have been observed by me, I beg to state:

1. That they have been wholly fulfilled.

2. That an agreement was signed yesterday between the editor of the “Daily Bulletin” and myself, in which I am engaged by him as his Paris correspondent for the term of one year, at a salary of seven hundred pounds.

A copy of this agreement I beg to enclose for your inspection, and remain, Sir,

Yours faithfully,
Henry Gastonard.