Yours sincerely,
Sam Clutterbuck.
'Just look at that, said Grimes. 'God's own job and mine for the asking! If that had come ten days ago my whole life might have been different.
'You don't think of taking it now?
'Too late, old boy, too late. The saddest words in the English language.
In 'break' Grimes said to Paul: 'Look here, I've decided to take Sam Clutterbuck's job, and be damned to the Fagans! His eyes shone with excitement. 'I shan't say a word to them. I shall just go off. They can do what they like about it. I don't care.
'Splendid! said Paul. 'It's much the best thing you can do.
'I'm going this very afternoon, said Grimes.
An hour later, at the end of morning school, they met again. 'I've been thinking over that letter, said Grimes. 'I see it all now. It's just a joke.
'Nonsense! said Paul. 'I'm sure it isn't. Go and see the Clutterbucks right away.