Now, a few more questions before you go.

How much money did you provide for the revolutionaries ?" "Two millions sterling." "As a gift or a loan ?" "If they failed, I lost every farthing, of course.

If they succeeded, I was to recoup myself by financing the new government." "But I gather that they have neither failed nor succeeded.

China has a constitution, but the Presidential election was conducted on lines suspiciously akin to those recently adopted in Mexico." "Nevertheless negotiations are now on foot for a big loan." "If you died, what would become of the two millions ?" "They would be lost irretrievably." Furneaux sat back in his chair.
"That gives one furiously to think," he said.

"The gray car comes back into the picture." "What do you mean ?" "I don't know.