"After breakfast."
"I'll be there soon after nine," said Nicholl, "but you can tell him I must have my price. I've not worked my way to the top of the ladder without trouble, and I mean to get what I'm worth."
"I'll do my best, but don't be hasty over it, or you'll regret it," replied Ivor.
Something in the trainer's earnest manner appealed to the jockey.
"We've always been friends," he said. "I'd like to ride a big winner for you."
"Then ride Barellan. He's one of the best horses I ever saw," said the trainer.
CHAPTER XIX
MRS. PREVOST'S DILEMMA
There was a tough skirmish when Nicholl met Craig Bellshaw at Hadwin's, but eventually the owner of Barellan gave way, mainly owing to his trainer's representations and persuasion, and settled with the jockey to ride both his horses, Flash at Caulfield, and Barellan at Flemington, for two hundred, win or lose, five per cent. on the stakes, and five per cent. on any sweep money that might be forthcoming. Having fixed this up, with a good deal of grumbling, Bellshaw set out for Manley to see Mrs. Prevost, who was not aware he was in Sydney.