5. Or if the manager, in any month, delay for more than a fortnight the payment of the allowance which he shall make to the Opera ghost, an allowance of twenty thousand francs a month, say two hundred and forty thousand francs a year.

5. Or if the manager, in any month, delay for more than a fortnight the payment of the allowance which he shall make to the Opera ghost, an allowance of twenty thousand francs a month, say two hundred and forty thousand francs a year.

M. Poligny pointed with a hesitating finger to this last clause, which we certainly did not expect.

“Is this all? Does he not want anything else?” asked Richard, with the greatest coolness.

“Yes, he does,” replied Poligny.