The contract had been laid face upwards upon the table. Frank Crosse’s face grew whiter and his eyes larger as he stared at it. It ran in this way—
13a Throgmorton Street.
Bought for Francis Crosse, Esq.
(Subject to the Specific Rules and Regulations of the Stock Exchange.)
| 200 El Dorado Proprietaries at 4¾ | £950 | 0 | 0 |
| Stamps and Fees | 4 | 17 | 6 |
| Commission | 7 | 10 | 0 |
| £962 | 7 | 6 |
For the 7th inst.
‘I fancy there is some mistake here, Harrison,’ said he, speaking with a very dry pair of lips.
‘A mistake!’
‘Yes, this is not at all what I expected.’
‘O Frank! Nearly a thousand pounds!’ gasped Maude.
Harrison glanced from one of them to the other. He saw that the matter was serious.
‘I am very sorry if there has been any mistake. I tried to obey your instructions. You wanted two hundred El Dorados, did you not?’