“Yes,” answered Gerald.
“I thought Tip could be relied upon. I prefer you won’t cherish any hard feelings on account of the events of the morning.”
“Have you still got the papers, Mr. Standish?” asked Gerald abruptly.
“No.”
“Then I suppose you have given them to Mr. Wentworth?”
“Yes; I would much rather have given them back to you, but I judged that you had not money enough to purchase them.”
“Mr. Standish,” said Gerald composedly, “I wouldn’t give five dollars to have the papers back.”
“But,” stammered Standish, “you said Mr. Wentworth offered you a thousand dollars for them.”
“For the originals, yes. Those I delivered to you were copies.”
Standish seemed transfixed with amazement.