Chapter 13

"Yes. In Bank of England notes, posted from London. Papa at first wanted to tell him to go to--well, where papa tells people he doesn't like to go. But I thought the offer so sporting that I persuaded him to take up the challenge. Indeed, I wrote the reply myself. Mr Macnab said that the money was to go to a charity, so Agatha is having the fifty pounds for her native weaving and dyeing--she's frightfully keen about that. But if we win the other fifty pounds papa says the best charity he can think of is to prevent …