You will understand that your men--" Ferrol heard no more, for the two rebels passed on, their voices becoming indistinct.

He sat for a few moments moveless, for an idea had occurred to him even as Papineau's agent spoke.
If that money were only his! Five thousand dollars--how that would ease the situation! The money belonged to whom?
To a lot of rebels: to be used for making war against the British Government.

After the money left the hands of the men who gave it--Lavilette and the rest--it wasn't theirs.

It belonged to a cause.

Well, he was the enemy of that cause.