"Unfortunately, I am too much in the dark.

Tell me the real position of the murdered man?
Tell me why he was murdered?
Tell me the contents of this document and why it was in his possession?
Perhaps I may then be inclined to treat with you." "You are either an astonishingly ingenuous person, Mr.Laverick," his visitor declared, "or you're too subtle for me.

You do not expect me to believe that you are in this with your eyes blindfolded?
You do not expect me to believe that you do not know what is in that sealed envelope?
Bah! It is a child's game, that, and we play as men with men." Laverick shook his head.
"Your offer," he asked, "what is it exactly ?" "Twenty thousand pounds," the man answered.

"The document is worth no more than that to you.

How you came into this thing is a mystery, but you are in and, what is more, you have possession.