The house was sold at auction; there was hardly any money left, and work in the capital is scarce these days. And then—rare luck! I saw a notice from Lord Huxley—one of the richest and most unpredictable aristocrats in South Wefster. He needed an assistant, and I was determined to get the position, no matter what it took! Only who could have known that the price might be too high—and that I’d have to pay it down to the very last gig?