“What?”
“That some of your precious friends in London have exposed the whole thing.”
“My friends? Whom do you mean?”
“You know best who are your friends,” he replied, with sarcasm.
“But no one is aware of the whole facts.”
“Are you absolutely certain?”
“Absolutely.”
“And the loan for the Prince?” he said. “Have you raised it?”
“No; the thing is too dangerous in these circumstances. I have made a full report. You received it, I suppose?”
“No; I must have left Sofia before it arrived. Tell me.”