Am I right in assuming that he deceived us that night, that he himself never signed the paper ?" "His signature," Norris Vine answered, "certainly does not appear." Weiss nodded.
"Just as I thought," he remarked.

"There was every indication a few weeks ago of what has actually happened, namely a split between us and Phineas Duge.

This document was the weapon with which he had hoped to obtain the master-hand over us.

Now, instead of finding it in his hands, we find it in yours.

What are you going to do about it ?" "I am going to use it," Vine answered.