prepaying

Updated: May 22, 2025

I sent the subjoined message prepaying the reply: "If you are in any trouble, telegraph to me. I will be with you by the first train. Answer, in any case." There was nothing in the way of the immediate dispatch of my message. And yet the hours passed, and no answer was received. By the advice of the clerk, I sent a second telegram to the London office, requesting an explanation.

Wilkie Collins - Little Novels

Finally, she dispatched a telegram, prepaying a reply, to the proprietor of the Cliff Hotel, and a few hours later she announced to her husband that she proposed antedating her visit to Monkshaven by three days. "I shall go down the day after to-morrow on Monday," she said. "Then I'd better send a wire to Sara," suggested Geoffrey. "No, don't do that. I intend taking her by surprise."

Margaret Pedler - The Hermit of Far End