"Don't ask me how it got there. It's just—there. I did not even know there was a pocket in this cloak I wore. Whoever put the package there was more clever than I."
"But what is it?"
"I'm going to look—Cora."
"Cora? Then you know me—Ed?"
"As you do me. Of course. Did you think you could deceive me?"
"I—I hoped to. But the package—what does, it contain?"
"We will look—together."
He led her to a dangling electric light, drew, something from the folds of his cloak, and unwrapped the paper. Then he gave an exclamation of surprise.
"Ten thousand dollars of my missing bonds!" he whispered.
"Really, Ed?"