“What is this I hear about a new journal?” asked Struve, who had come in unobserved, slipping into a chair beside Pelisson.
The newspaper man explained whilst Toto and Gaillard breakfasted.
“And Toto pays for all this?”
“He has good security; besides, he only pays a third. I have two hundred thousand francs from a little syndicate, and the promise of five hundred thousand if the thing takes. Toto has a lien on the advertisements; he is perfectly safe.”
“What’s De Nani’s salary?”
“I give him a dinner every day and ten francs.”
“Why?”
“Keep it locked. Pelisson, you are a fool.”
“Why?”