Are you quite sure, Mr.
Fairfax, that it is out of the question for you to undertake what we want ?" "If it is necessary for me to go at once, I fear it is," I answered.
"But if it would be of any use to you, I could send you a trustworthy subordinate; one who would be quite capable of undertaking the work, and who would give you every satisfaction." "I fear that would not be the same thing," he said.

"My firm have such implicit faith in you that they would not entertain the idea of any one else going.

Now think, Mr.Fairfax, for a moment.

If you are prepared to go, I, in my turn, on behalf of my Company, am prepared to offer you your expenses and a sum of five thousand pounds.

You need not be away more than three months at longest, so that you see our offer is at the rate of twenty thousand pounds a year.