"I want the paper back for the very reason that it contains that awful indictment of her.

I have been uncomfortable ever since I gave it to you; and I came to ask you for it that I might keep it safe in my own hands.

But the document is lost,--am I to understand that Francis has it ?" "Not yet! But Rambaud has it, and Rambaud and Francis are as thick as thieves." "I don't know Rambaud.

The name is unfamiliar." "He has a dozen names--one for every capital.

He even operates in Washington, I have heard.