"As soon as he hears that Miss Briggs has those four things he will probably rush right up to her house and offer to buy them.

It would be a great feather in his cap with her, if he could get the credit of having thought of it.

I shouldn't wonder if he had heard of what was in that box by this time.

It seems a pity, doesn't it, that he should get all the credit after you have done all the work ?" The Colonel looked at the noncommittal face of the attorney, and smiled again.

This was a sort of cunning he could appreciate, and he leaned over and gave Toole a sly poke in the ribs, to show him that he understood.