"What do you want?" he asked.
"I am 'Trafalgar;' perhaps you have heard of me," said the newcomer.
"Never!" replied Denis.
"Hem! I thought you might have seen my nom de plume in the 'Sporting Chronicle.'"
"Never heard of it. What do you want?"
"You advertised for a sporting editor. I have come after the place."
"Do you know anything about horses?" asked Denis.
"No one better; I have studied them all my life," replied Gerard.
"That doesn't say you can write about them. How much do you ask?"
"Salary is no object to me. Racing is my hobby. I have an income of my own, and I write as an employment and a pleasure."