He could scarce fail to answer it in some manner.

And why should he refuse such an unlimited offer?
We had only to await his reply.
One can easily imagine how high the public curiosity rose.

From morning till night, an eager and noisy crowd pressed about the bureau of police, awaiting the arrival of a letter or a telegram.

The best reporters were on the spot.

What honor, what profit would come to the paper which was first to publish the famous news! To know at last the name and place of the undiscoverable unknown! And to know if he would agree to some bargain with the government! It goes without saying that America does things on a magnificent scale.