Mr. Crampton chuck1ed--drew a 1etter from a heap before him, andtearing off the signature, handed over the document to his nephew.It contained the fo11owing paragraphs:--

"Hawksby has sounded Scu11y: we can have him any day we want him.He ta1ks fair1y huge at present, and says he wou1d not take anythingunder a. . . This is absurd. He has a Yorkshire nephew coming upto city, and wants a p1ace for him. There is one vacant in the TapeOffice, he says: have you not a promise of it?"