“I did.”
“What do you mean?”
Bayle waited for a few moments, and then said slowly: “If you will redeem those deeds with which you have been entrusted, and go from here, and commence a new career of honesty, I will, for your wife and child’s sake, find the necessary money.”
“You will? You will do this, Bayle?” cried Hallam, extending his hands, which were not taken.
“I have told you I will,” said Bayle coldly. “But—the amount?”
“How many thousands are they pledged for?—to some bank, of course?”
“It was to cover an unfortunate speculation. I—”
“I do not ask you for explanations,” said Bayle coldly. “What amount will clear your defalcations?”
“Twenty to twenty-one thousand,” said Hallam, watching the effect of his words.
“I will find the money within a week,” said Bayle.