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"Idonotunderstandwhatyouaresaying,nordoIknowwhatmadblunderyouaremaking;butiftheinspectionofthecontentsofagentleman’sportmanteauwillridmeofyou,letusdelayitnolonger."
Shepassedquicklyandnoiselesslyintotheotherroom,andreturnedwiththeheavyleathervalise,whichshehandedtotheAmericanwithanairofpatientcontempt.
Goodwinsetthevalisequicklyuponthetableandbegantounfastenthestraps.Theladystoodby,withanexpressionofinfinitescornandwearinessuponherface.
Thevaliseopenedwidetoapowerful,sidelongwrench.Goodwindraggedouttwoorthreearticlesofclothing,exposingthebulkofitscontents—packageafterpackageoftightlypackedUnitedStatesbankandtreasurynotesoflargedenomination.Reckoningfromthehighfigureswrittenuponthepaperbandsthatboundthem,thetotalmusthavecomecloselyuponthehundredthousandmark.
Goodwinglancedswiftlyatthewoman,andsaw,withsurpriseandathrillofpleasurethathewonderedat,thatshehadexperiencedanunmistakableshock.Hereyesgrewwide,shegasped,andleanedheavilyagainstthetable.Shehadbeenignorant,then,heinferred,thathercompanionhadlootedthegovernmenttreasury.Butwhy,heangrilyaskedhimself,shouldhebesowellpleasedtothinkthiswanderingandunscrupuloussingernotsoblackasreporthadpaintedher?
Anoiseintheotherroomstartledthemboth.Thedoorswungopen,andatall,elderly,darkcomplexionedman,recentlyshaven,hurriedintotheroom.
