Then he said: "I will.

Turn her over to me the way she was the day you bought her, and I'll give you $5,000." He paused, and then repeated, stressing the words: "MIND YOU, WITH EVERYTHING IN HER THE WAY IT WAS THE DAY YOU BOUGHT HER." Cleggett fumbled with his fingers in a waistcoat pocket, drew out the torn piece of counterfeit money which he had taken from the dead hand, and flung it on the table.
"Five thousand dollars," he said, "in THAT kind of money ?" Loge looked at it with eyes that suddenly contracted.

Clever dissembler that he was, he could not prevent an involuntary start.

He licked his lips, and Cleggett judged that perhaps his mouth felt a little dry.

But these were the only signs he made.