There is a chance, just a chance, that we can prove this Loo Barebone to be the man we think him, but we must all stand together.

We must be of one mind and one purpose.

We four, Monsieur de Gemosac, you, Barebone, and my humble self.

I fancy--well, I fancy it may prove to be worth our while." "I am willing to do the best I can for Loo," was the reply.
"And I am willing to do the best I can for Monsieur de Gemosac, whose heart is set on this affair.

And," Colville added, with his frank laugh, "let us hope that we may have our reward; for I am a poor man myself, and do not like the prospect of a careful old age.