Be silent, therefore, upon the subject.

If you should ever have a favor to ask, come to me with this tabatiere in your hand.

I will remember this hour, and if it is in my power will grant you what you wish." He handed Weingarten his gold, diamond-studded tabatiere, and received his thanks with approving smiles.

After he had dismissed the secretary of legation, and was alone, the smile faded from his face, and his countenance was sad and disturbed.
"It has come to this," he said, as he paced his room, with his hands folded behind his back.

"This man, whom I once loved so warmly, wishes to murder me.