"Yes."
"Very good," said the Secretary. "I see your luck has not deserted you."
"And now," said Kingsland, "that I've answered all your questions, perhaps you'll tell me what you mean."
"This is what I mean," replied Stanley, handing him that first part of his Minister's letter which he had shown to Darcy.
The Lieutenant read it once, not understanding its purport; then again, his brow becoming wrinkled with anxiety; and yet again, with a very white face.
"What is it?" he gasped.
"It looks dangerously like treason, doesn't it?" returned the Secretary.
"But what is this bribe?"
"You ought to know that, as you carried it up to London, in sovereigns."
"What—how much was it?"