“How much?”

“Perhaps two or three hundred pounds; I don’t know exactly.”

“But don’t you earn money at your trade. I thought jockeys were well paid.”

“The fees, you mean? They are good enough. Only you see that as I am still serving my time, Mr. Vandy takes all the fees, and I only get my wages.”

“That is a shame,” said Huey.

“Yes, it’s very wrong; very unchristian, I often think.”

“Did you not say your master’s name was Vandy?”

“Yes.

“Jack Vandy, of Randwick, the trainer?”

“Yes, that’s his name, and where he lives.”