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‘Good , Cornelius,’ said Frank ‘I’ve just put the phone down on your brother Hugh That’s the second ti’

‘What did he want?’ asked Cornelius

‘To have the full iations’

‘Good,’ said Cornelius ‘So can I hope to receive a cheque for £100,000 in the near future?’

‘I doubt it,’ said Frank ‘From the tone of his voice I don’t think that’s what he had in mind, but I’ll let you know just as soon as I’ve heard back from him’

‘I shall look forward to that, Frank’

‘I do believe you’re enjoying yourself, Cornelius’

‘You bet I am,’ he replied ‘I only wish Millie was here to share the fun with me’

‘You knohat she would have said, don’t you?’

‘No, but I have a feeling you’re about to tell me’

‘You’re a wicked old man’

‘And, as always, she would have been right,’ Cornelius confessed with a laugh ‘Goodbye, Frank’ As he replaced the receiver there was a knock at the door

‘Come in,’ said Cornelius, puzzled as to who it could possibly be The door opened and his housekeeper entered, carrying a tray with a cup of tea and a plate of shortbread biscuits She was, as always, neat and trin of embarrassment She can’t have received Frank’s letter yet, was Cornelius’s first thought

‘Pauline,’ he said as she placed the tray on his desk, ‘did you receive a letter fro?’

‘Yes, I did, sir,’ Pauline replied, ‘and of course I shall sell the car i straight at hi, sir’