Had Master Lionel seen it he might have asked himself how far it was safe to drive such bargains with a rogue who kept faith only in so far as it was profitable.

And in this matter Master Leigh saw a way to break faith with profit.

He had no conscience, but he loved as all rogues love to turn the tables upon a superior rogue.

He would play Master Lionel most finely, most poetically false; and he found a deal to chuckle over in the contemplation of it..