man that somebody has stolen the Cardinal Moth, and that my man's confederate has met with a fatal accident. Also it seems likely that there will be a fuss over the business, so that my correspondent has gone somewhere out of the way. We will look for some account of the tragedy presently; it is sure to be in this paper. Now tell me what you propose to do." Lefroy poured a brandy and soda down his throat without a single movement of his larynx. Lefroy poured a brandy and soda down his throat without a single movement of his larynx. "I'm in a devil of a mess," he said frankly. "I made certain of getting the Cardinal Moth." "I'm in a devil of a mess," he said frankly. "I made certain of getting the Cardinal Moth." "So did I. But that is a detail. Go on." "So did I. But that is a detail. Go on." "I wanted money badly. The concession seemed to be as good as mine. With the Moth as a bribe for the Shan it would have been all Lombard Street to a green gooseberry. So I lodged the charter with a notorious money-lending Jew in Fenchurch Street, and got twenty thousand pounds on account." "I wanted money badly. The concession seemed to be as good as mine. With the Moth as a bribe for the Shan it would have been all Lombard Street to a green gooseberry. So I lodged the charter with a notorious money-lending Jew in Fenchurch Street, and got twenty thousand pounds on account." "My dear Lefroy, you hadn't got the concession to lodge!" "My dear Lefroy, you hadn't got the concession to lodge!" "No, but I had the man's letters, and I had the draft contract. So I forged the Charter, hoping to exchange it for a more broad and liberal one later on, and there you are!" "No, but I had the man's letters, and I had the draft contract. So I forged the Charter, hoping to exchange it for a more broad and liberal one later on, and there you are!" "And where will you be if you stay in the country forty-eight hours longer?" "And where will you be if you stay in the country forty-eight hours longer?" "I understand," Lefroy said grimly. "But there is a chance
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