So! You took them this afternoon as we agreed.

Yes, yes; you did well.

You will not regret it.
And now let me see them"-- his voice rose eagerly--"let me see them now, my young friend." "Yes, I took them." Burton spoke listlessly.

"God help me!" Old Isaac, quivering, excited, like a different creature now, sprang from his chair, and, as Burton drew a long, flat, leather case from his pocket, snatched it from the other's hand.

His fingers in their rapacious haste could not at first manipulate the catch, and then finally, with the case open, he bent over the table feverishly.