So he telegraphed back--"Fifty guineas, and a guinea a mile from London." So, as Christopher Staines sat at an early breakfast, with the carriage waiting to take him to the train, two notes were brought him on a salver.
They were both directed by Lady Cicely Treherne.

One of them contained a few kind and feeling words of gratitude and esteem; the other, a check, drawn by the earl's steward, for one hundred and thirty guineas.
He bowled up to London, and told it all to Rosa.

She sparkled with pride, affection, and joy.
"Now, who says you are not a genius ?" she cried.

"A hundred and thirty guineas for one fee! Now, if you love your wife as she loves you--you will set up a brougham.".