Send me another agent--oh!" The honest soldier was confused.

The lawyer's eloquence overpowered him.

He felt guilty.

Josephine saw his simplicity, and made a cut with a woman's two-edged sword.

"Sir," said she coolly, "do you not see it is an affair of money?
This is his way of saying, Pay me handsomely for so unusual a commission." "And I'll pay him double," cried Raynal, catching the idea; "don't be alarmed, I'll pay you for it." "And my zeal, my devotion ?" "Put 'em in figures." "And my prob-- ?" "Add it up." "And my integ-- ?" "Add them together: and don't bother me." "I see! I see! my poor soldier.