"Quite so," said Prince.
Captain Carroll retied the packet and put it in his pocket. "Then I'll return them to her," he said, quietly.
"Hullo!—here—I say," said Prince, starting to his feet.
"I said I would return them to her," repeated Carroll, calmly.
"But I never gave them to you! I never consented to their withdrawal from the papers."
"I'm sorry you did not," said Carroll, coldly; "it would have been more polite."
"Polite! D—n it, sir! I call this stealing."
"Stealing, Mr. Prince, is a word that might be used by the person who claims these letters to describe the act of any one who would keep them from HER. It really can not apply to you or me."
"Once for all, do you refuse to return them to me?" said Prince, pale with anger.
"Decidedly."