“That may be true—but it is bribery just the same—only wholesale instead of retail.”
“It is national interest—self-preservation—exactly what every country is governed by.”
“I seem to remember some articles of yours in which you were rather dippy about Jeneski and his new republic.”
“Yes; but I didn’t foresee this alternative. You know conditions over there, and how much good this money will do. Besides, there is a certain poetic justice in putting it back into the country of the people who earned it.”
Scott grunted sceptically.
“Just how many millions are there?”
“I don’t know. They ought to be able to find that out in New York.”
“How old is the girl?”
“About twenty-three, I should say.”
“Where does she live?”