subagent

Thus there would be two subagents, besides the agent, employed in collecting the cheque.

Sprague was the subagent living on the further edge of the estate.

I ordered Harris to make the ascent, so I could put the thrill and horror of it in my book, and he accomplished the feat successfully, through a subagent, for three francs, which I paid.

A tenant of mine, Dot; one of the respectable few of that cattle, indeed, almost the only one that I've got; a sort of subagent, and a fifteenth cousin, to boot, I believe.

There is an important question relating to the liability of one of these agents or subagents in the event of the negligent performance of the duty; which is responsible?