His engagement was not to terminate with our arrival at Stapi; he was to continue in my uncle's service for the whole period of his scientific researches, for the remuneration of three rixdales a week (about twelve shillings), but it was an express article of the covenant that his wages should be counted out to him every Saturday at six o'clock in the evening, which, according to him, was one indispensable part of the engagement.
Son engagement avec mon oncle n'expirait pas à notre arrivée à Stapi; il demeurait à son service pendant tout le temps nécessaire à nos excursions scientifiques au prix de trois rixdales par semaine[1]. Seulement, il fut expressément convenu que cette somme serait comptée au guide chaque samedi soir, condition _sine qua non_ de son engagement.