It consisted of money and jewellery.

It was divided into equal portions, of which each member took one, the lieutenants of the band two, and the captain three.
"You don't share this time," the latter said to Charlie; "but next time, of course, you and your comrade will each have your portion." When this was done, the men were told off in parties of six or seven, and instructions given as to the point of rendezvous.

Each band chose its own leader, and, in an hour from the reception of the news, the place was deserted, and the parties were making their way in different directions through the forest.
Charlie and Stanislas formed part of the captain's own force, which numbered ten in all.
"Do you think they will all turn up at the meeting place ?" Charlie asked the leader, whose name he now ascertained was Ladislas Koffski.
"They may," he said.

"But it is seldom that bands, when they once disperse like this, ever come together again.

It is impossible to content everyone, and any man who is chosen leader of a party may, if he is dissatisfied, persuade those with him to join some other band.