"I offered her a hundred thousand dollars for that paper.

She took the tip and got it somehow.

How could I tell that she had another scheme in her mind ?" "One hundred thousand dollars!" Weiss muttered.

"Better have offered her a million and made sure of it.

We shall have to pay that now, I expect.
Who's got it ?" "She would not tell me," Littleson answered.
Weiss felt his forehead.