"For what purpose?"
"Confront Peterssen. Ascertain if M. Felix has been there."
"Psha! We can get nothing of Peterssen."
"Not so sure. He is hard up. Offer of a good reward too tempting a bait not to nibble at."
"Why, Bob, those are very nearly the words M. Bordier used to Emilia, and your scheme is the same as that which he suggested."
"Proves it a good one. M. Bordier a wealthy man, I judge?"
"He is."
"Wouldn't mind expending money to bring matter to a satisfactory conclusion?"
"He has said as much."
"Word to be depended upon?"