Not so the new-comer. He glanced suspiciously after Arthur and then at Mr. Dumphy. The latter, who had recovered his presence of mind and his old audacity, turned them instantly upon him.
"Well! What have you got to propose?" he said, with his usual curt formula.
"It is you have something to say; you sent for me," said his visitor.
"Yes. You left me to find out that there was another grant to that mine. What does all this mean, Ramirez?"
Victor raised his eyes and yellow fringes to the ceiling, and said, with a shrug—
"Quien sabe? there are grants and grants!"
"So it seems. But I suppose you know that we have a title now better than any grant—a mineral discovery."
Victor bowed and answered with his teeth, "We, eh?"
"Yes, I am getting up a company for her husband."
"Her husband—good!"