1, who could no longer retain his disgust.
"I'll resign," he said; "I'll resign! Meeson's content with ten per cent, and out-of-pocket expenses, when an author--a mere author--gets sixty! It's shameful--shameful!" "If you choose to resign, you can," said Eustace, sharply; "but I advise you to take time to think it over.

Gentlemen," went on Eustace, "I daresay that this seems a great change to you, but I may as well say at once that I am no wild philanthropist.

I expect to make it pay, and pay well.

To begin with, I shall never undertake any work that I do not think will pay--that is, without an adequate guarantee, or in the capacity of a simple agent; and my own ten per cent will be the first charge on the profits; then the author's ten.

Of course, if I speculate in a book, and buy it out and out, subject to the risks, the case will be different.