"
No. 18 vanished like a thin, unhappy ghost, and Mr. Meeson once more
addressed the girl before him. "If you want money, Miss Smithers," he
said, "you had better write us another book. I am not going to deny that
your work is good work--a little too deep, and not quite orthodox enough,
perhaps; but still good. I tested it myself, when it came to hand--which
is a thing I don't often do--and saw it was good selling quality, and you
see I didn't make a mistake. I believe 'Jemima's Vow' will sell twenty
thousand without stopping--here's the account."
As he spoke the spectre-like clerk put down a neatly-ruled bit of paper
and an unsigned cheque on the desk before his employer, and then smiled a
shadowy smile and vanished.
Mr. Meeson glanced through the account, signed the cheque, and handed
it, together with the account to Augusta, who proceeded to read it. It
ran thus:--
AUGUSTA SMITHERS _in account with_ MEESON & Co.
L s d
To Sale of Right of Translation of 7 0 0
"Jemima's Vow" into French......
Do. do. do. into German 7 0 0
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L14 0 0
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L s d
Less amount due to Messrs.
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