rather arrange this matter in a friendly way. I don't want to have a lawsuit with Bisham, but if you force me to it, I am ready to fight. But if I fight and win—as I shall and must—I give you warning, my dear child, that of any future money that my books, whether published or to be published, may earn, not one penny shall come your way. Your income from the sale of my novels will automatically cease on the day when I am confirmed in my claim to be their author. On the other hand, if you and Bisham will be reasonable and admit publicly that it was I who wrote 'Trixie' and 'Edgar and Lilian,' I am willing to assign to you all royalties that may come to me henceforward from my fiction."
"Chloë, old germ," said Dunkle, "don't you think we might"
"No," she snapped, "I don't! I tell
