We keep our agreement secret, but even then it is guessed at.

I can assure you that we are probably the five best hated men in America.

During the last two years we have made great fortunes.
Our system is perfect.

So far as the acquisition of wealth goes, there could be no object in any treachery, and yet one of these five men is playing a double game, if not more." "You have found him out ?" she asked breathlessly.
He shook his head.
"It is not so easy," he said, "only I know.

To-night," he continued, lowering his voice almost to a whisper, "a new suspicion has come to me.
I have an idea that there is a scheme, in which all four are concerned, for ruining me and sharing the plunder," "It is infamous!" she cried, turning pale.
He smiled slowly.