Hewitt had been comparatively circumspect, however, when the Daily Express paid him $150,000 for his story last spring. In that five-part series, he said only that Di had been so unhappy with Charles that she once collapsed into his arms, sobbing. He also is said to have phoned her to report that, although a book about their affair was in the works, he had had no part in it. But the gentlemanly discretion didn't last: On Oct. 2, the tabloid News of the World revealed that in August, Hewitt (though stung when he was labeled a rogue after his first "confession") had tried to peddle a less gallant version of his tale. The paper alleged that, in a meeting with its editors, Hewitt had asked, "HI had slept with [Diana] and was prepared to tell all, what would it be worth? It's big stuff—the biggest ever, really.