I'd have to keep it quiet, of course, that I'd come into a bit of money,--just at present, at any rate.

I could easy find an excuse for changing my job--perhaps get away from London altogether.

I've got a few pounds saved and I've always wanted to open a banking account.

A gent like you, perhaps, could put me in the way of doing it." "How much do you consider would be a satisfactory balance to commence with ?" Laverick asked.
"I was thinking of a thousand pounds, sir." Laverick was thoughtful for a few moments.
"By the way, what is your name ?" he inquired at last.
"James Shepherd, sir," the man answered,--"generally called Jim, sir." "Well, you see, Shepherd," Laverick continued, "the difficulty is, in your case, as in all similar ones, that one never knows where the thing will end.

A thousand pounds is a considerable sum, but in four amounts, with three months interval between each, it could be arranged.