The man's as poor as Lazarus, but he wants to live like Dives, and, what is more, he gambles, as I learned at The Hague.

Also, there's something queer about his past; I have heard as much as that.

It must be looked into, and perhaps the bundle of papers which I helped myself to out of his desk while I was waiting"-- and she touched the bosom of her dress to make sure that they were safe--"may tell me a thing or two, though likely enough they are only unpaid bills.

Ah! most noble cheat and captain, before you have done with her you may find that Black Meg knows how to pay back hot water for cold!".