"The very fact that you knew of its existence would seem to give you a sort of claim to it.

But, Mademoiselle Idiale, will you answer me a few questions ?" "I think," she said, "that it would be better if you asked me none." "But listen," he begged.

"You are the only person with whom I have come into touch who seems to know anything about this affair.

I should rather like to tell you exactly how I stumbled in upon it.
Why can we not exchange confidence for confidence?
I want neither the twenty thousand pounds nor the document.

I want, to be frank with you, nothing but to escape from the position I am now in of being half a thief and half a criminal.