"No."
"The revolution in Ireland has already broken out."
"Great Scott!" There was sincere anxiety in his voice now.
"It is premature, and will result in the annihilation of all your plans."
"Perhaps not."
"You know better," said she. "Anyhow, your actions are now blocked until we see how the rebellion fares. The Irish will have no further use for American money, I'm positive, so I insist that my father receive back the funds he has advanced you, and especially his own money which he gave you to invest and you never invested."
"Bah! If I offered him the money he wouldn't take it.
"Then I'll take it for him," she asserted. "You'll give up that money because you know I can have you arrested for—well, let us say a breach of American neutrality. You are not a citizen of the United States. You were born in Ireland and have never been naturalized here."
"You seem well posted," he sneered.
"I belong to the Government Secret Service, and the Bureau knows considerable," she replied dryly.