"I do."
"Perhaps Mr. Harkaway may be more generous."
"Do you threaten me with an appeal to my rival?"
"Yes, my lord," answered Bambino.
Lord Maltravers was beside himself with rage at this insolent defiance, but he controlled himself by the exercise of a violent effort.
"Let us understand one another," he said.
"By all means."
"You allege that you know of the existence of a lady who claims to be my wife, and you further say, that she is in New York and you can produce her at a moment's notice, so as to stop my marriage with Miss Van Hoosen?"
"Precisely."
"And as the price of your silence you require $50,000?"