"Bellamy," he continued, a note of agitation trembling in his tone, "I need not tell you, I am sure, how important this matter is.

You work like a mole in the dark, yet you have brains,--you understand.

Let me tell you how things are with us.

A certain amount of confidence is due to you, if to any one.

I may tell you that at the Cabinet Council to-day a very serious tone prevailed.