"I don't know," said Jim. "Say fifty quid."
"You shall have it. I'll be round here with it at ten in the morning."
"But--old man--I don't like----"
"I've thought it out," said Koko, "and meant to tell you all about it after dinner, but you forced my hand by saying you'd left Taplow."
Then Koko put on his hat, opened the front door, and slipped out. Jim returned slowly to the dining-room.
"Is this true, Dr Mortimer?" asked Mrs Maybury, in a tone implying some doubt. "Are you really setting up in Mount Street on your own account?"
Jim had implicit confidence in Koko's word.
"It is quite true, Mrs Maybury," he replied, coolly, as he resumed his seat.
CHAPTER XIII.
"HARRIS & FATHER."