"And also from the mines. The Czar is graciously pleased to exile him to Tobolsk among the sable-hunters, whither he will go at once."
"On foot, it is to be hoped."
"Not so—in his own sledge, and alone!"
"And all this has been effected by your dark eyes, fair lady? But allow me, an instant. At the time that the Czar signed this pardon he was not aware that 'the green book' had been discovered."
"What 'green book?'"
"Ah, my charming diva, you are playing the unconscious innocent! But the part does not suit you. This time I fear I shall have to hiss. Do you not know that the key to your secret roulette-bank is in the hands of the police?"
"I know; and then?"
"And this time the police will not be fooled as I once was, when Michael Turgenieff said, 'Je suis un président sans phrase. Messieurs, faites vos jeux.' 'The green book' has been found!"
"As far as I know a yellow book has been found."
"And in it the conspirators had signed their names to the Constitution, and the several schemes of rebellion were traced."