"How much do your debts amount to?"
The crafty look returned to his face, and with it a faint expression of hope.
"My debts?"
"Yes, how much would cover them?"
"I don't quite know."
"You know perfectly, tell me at once."
"At least thirty thousand pounds. It is the Jews--it was fear of them that made me think of the plans I suggested to your Majesty."
"You need not lie to me."
"It's true," he said eagerly. "They were pressing me hard, and I had to plot and scheme to raise the money."
"And you thought that Rudarlia was yours to barter?"