Chapter XLIV
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[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.